Portia Grenfell Holman (20 November 1903 – 16 May 1983)[1] was an Australian child psychiatrist who practiced in London.
[3] She returned to Newnham College in 1933 to study medicine, and qualified in 1939 after completing her clinical training at the Royal Free Hospital.
She put her studies on hold during the Spanish Civil War to serve as a medical auxiliary for the Republican faction.
Holman was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1961[1] and served as a senior psychiatrist the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital until her retirement in 1969.
She strongly advocated for the introduction of the National Health Service in the 1940s and, in her old age, participated in protests against the closure of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital and in demonstrations for nuclear disarmament.