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 (Hons) 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 Ophthalmology. She has a specialist interest in development of pre assessment services for of children and young people and the management of anaesthetic anxiety. She is the chair of the APAGBI Paediatric Perioperative medicine group and a regional clinical lead for children and young people’s preoperative assessment for GIRFT. She worked with the Royal College of Anaesthetists to develop the Beano anaesthetic preparation resources and created ‘Preassessment in a box,’ a resource to advance national service development within children’s perioperative services.