- Jane Denton
Jane Denton,
CBE ,FRCN is aUnited Kingdom nurse andmidwife who was awarded Fellowship of theRoyal College of Nursing in 2006 for her outstanding contribution tofertility nursing andgenetics , and promotion of the nursing voice in theseethical debates.Background
She was a contributor to the development of the UK’s first
IVF programme. She served as nursing director of the Hallam Medical Centre, and was a founder member of the RCN Fertility Nurse Group that lobbied for the development of the currentHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Act.In 1992 when she became the first, and (currently) only, nurse appointed to the HFEA, which regulates and inspects all UK clinics providing IVF, donor insemination or the storage of eggs, sperm or
embryos .In her current role as Director of the Multiple Births Foundation, she has contributed to significant change in public and professional perception and attitudes towards multiple births Fact|date=August 2007.
CBE
She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2007 for services to healthcare.
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