Jane Denton
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Jane Denton, CBE, FRCN, (born 30 June 1953)[1] is a United Kingdom nurse and midwife notable for her contributions to fertility nursing and genetics. She was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 2006.[2]
Early life
She attended the Nottingham Bluecoat Grammar School (now the Nottingham Bluecoat Academy).[citation needed]
Career
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.[3]
In 1992 she was named the first nurse appointed to the HFEA, which regulates and inspects all UK clinics providing IVF, donor insemination or the storage of eggs, sperm or embryos.[4]
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]