Jane Denton

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Jane Denton, CBE, FRCN is a United Kingdom nurse and midwife who was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2006 for her outstanding contribution to fertility nursing and genetics, and promotion of the nursing voice in these ethical debates.

[edit] 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 current Human 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^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] CBE

She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2007 for services to healthcare.