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SYLVIA DENTON CBE, FRCN, President of the Royal College of Nursing
Sylvia Denton has been an active member of the RCN for many years and was the founding Chair of the RCN Breast Care Nursing Society. She served on RCN Council from 1998 – 2002 as Deputy President, before being elected RCN President in 2002. She is now serving a second two year term.
Sylvia has worked for the NHS for over four decades and began her nursing career with a qualification in general nursing from the Royal London Hospital. She practised in London in the area of thoracic medicine, becoming a research sister and clinical nurse specialist. She also qualified and practised as a specialist health visitor for homeless families.
Since 1980 Sylvia has worked in cancer nursing, specialising in the care of people with breast cancer. She has worked as a clinical nurse specialist, research nurse, clinical nurse manager and also as commissioning nurse for a large oncology unit. Sylvia has a Master of Science degree in Advanced Clinical Practice in Cancer Nursing. Her current doctoral research is on clinical decision making in cancer nursing.
For her pioneering and innovatory work in the new field of breast care nursing, Sylvia was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 1990. In 1996 she received an OBE for services to nursing. In 1998 she won the Nursing Standard Nurse 98 Cancer Nursing Award. In 2006 Sylvia was awarded a CBE for services to health care.
Today she is Lead Nurse/Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist in breast care at Barts and the London NHS Trust. Sylvia also chairs the editorial board of the journal Cancer Nursing Practice.
As well as her RCN presidential role, Sylvia serves on the RCN finance and national forum co-ordinating committees. She chairs the RCN Faculty steering group and is a member of the Board of Governors of the RCN Institute.
Sylvia is the immediate past president of Europa Donna UK and serves on its board. Europa Donna is a pan-European organisation which campaigns on issues for women with breast cancer. In 2003 she was elected as a member of the Steering Group of the European Forum for Nursing and Midwifery Associations and WHO in 2005 Sylvia was elected to the position of Chair.
Sylvia was a member of the Department of Health’s Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee until its disbandment in 2005. As a breast care nurse and RCN representative Sylvia has given evidence both to Select Committees of the Westminster Parliament and to the European Parliament. Sylvia has also delivered papers at a national and international level.
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