Doctor Jill Weatherall

Dr Jill Weatherall is a General Practitioner at Saint Aidens Royal Free Hospital. She is married to colleague Dr Gordon Ormerod. She appears in one episode of Heartbeat, Out of The Blue, and appears in all 83 episodes of The Royal.

In The Royal, when Mr Middleditch bequests money to The Royal she and husband Gordon argue over what the money should be used for. She believes it should go to a Premature Baby Unit, where as Gordon feels it should go to a new General Ward. Eventually, after discussing the matter with fellow doctor, Nick Burnette, she agrees that the bequest should go to a General Ward.

Jill is portayed as a hard-working, yet caring member of Staff, who has served at The Royal since the series began. She was one of the only female doctors to work at The Royal.

In the Final episode of The Royal she watches on as Dr Rose fights to save her husbands life after he was caught in the middle of a family feud and was stabbed.

In spin-off series The Royal Today, there is mention made to a Premature Baby Unit, which was said to be opened by and named after Jill Weatherall. The Royal Today also features her son, Jonathan Ormerod, as a consultant at the hospital.