Jane Jackson,  
RN MPhil

Jane is a passionate advocate of and pioneer of Preoperative Assessment (POA), instigated the first POA service in the UK in January 1993, re-designing the elective patient pathway and with immediate effect enabling patient admission on day of theatre and reducing patient cancellation rates; served on two Department of Health working parties and a founder member of the Preoperative Association, holding the role of President, twice.

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Post retirement from the NHS, Jane developed her own consultancy business, and dovetailed this with ongoing involvement in education, with a particular focus on a collaborative team approach, encouraging sharing of best practice, and competency-based learning and training plans; all evolving over time recognising the change in Health landscape and the workforce.

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Jane has provided training and lecturing in many UK Hospitals, the United States, Ghana, and Hong Kong, with ongoing engagement with the Health Authority of Hong Kong involving some of their senior nurses coming to the UK for training

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Through her company, Jane is a member of the CPD Certification Service, and delivers certified lectures, which the Service has benchmarked for like accreditation standards globally to ensure the highest standards of course delivery.

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