Dr Amy Norrington has been a Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough since 2014.

She graduated from University College London with Batchelor of Medicine and Surgery and a BSc (1^st class) in Medical History in 2003, and then moved to the north east to complete her anaesthetic training programme.

She undertook paediatric anaesthesia fellowships at both the Great North Children’s Hospital and The Leeds Children’s Hospital and additional training in neonatal intensive care and general paediatrics.

She undertakes regular anaesthetic work in ENT, Orthopaedics, Plastic surgery and Bleomycin birthmark treatment. She is her trust lead for paediatric pre assessment and on the APA paediatric pre assessment national group.

She has a specialist interest in the management of anxiety in children undergoing anaesthesia and the advancement of preoperative services for children.