Dame Jane Elizabeth Dacre, is a British

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and medical scholar. She is

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, former director of

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, and past medical director of the MRCP(UK) exam. In April 2014, she was elected to succeed Sir Richard Thompson as President of the

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of London. She had previously served as Academic Vice President of the College. In 2018 Andrew Goddard was elected as her successor; she served as president until 26 September 2018.

Biography

Dacre studied at the University College Hospital Medical School, graduating with a medical degree in 1980. She trained in

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and now practices at the

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in North London. She has made contributions to the

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of the

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and developed an interest in medical education. Her more recent work has included study of the performance of doctors at postgraduate exams, including the influence of gender and ethnic background. She was formerly a member of the

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from 2009–12.

Accolades and honours

She was reckoned by the

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to be the 46th most influential person in the English NHS in 2015. In May 2018, it was announced that Dacre would be leading a review into the

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in medicine in the UK. In the

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, Dacre was appointed a

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(DBE) for services to medicine and medical education.

Personal life

She is married to media executive Nigel Dacre. He is the younger brother of journalist

Paul Dacre Paul Michael Dacre (; born 14 November 1948) is an English journalist and the former long-serving editor of the British right-wing tabloid the '' Daily Mail''. He is also editor-in-chief of DMG Media, which publishes the ''Daily Mail'', '' The ...

, former editor of ''

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''.

References

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