Dr Kirsty Maclennan

Qualifications

MB ChB, MRCP, FRCA, MA 

Term of office on Council

March 2025 -2031

Hospital

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester

Biography 

Dr Kirsty Maclennan graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1999. She initially entered internal medical training, attaining her MRCP. Following anaesthetic training in the North West, she was appointed as a consultant anaesthetist with specialist interest in head, neck and obstetric anaesthesia at Manchester University NHS Foundation trust, in 2010.

Kirsty is active in medical education, having held a number of roles including College Tutor, Training Programme Director and Associate Director of Medical Education. She has published and contributed to a range of anaesthesia books, including Core Topics in Obstetric Anaesthesia, Decision making and Simulation in Obstetrics, Maternal Acute Illness Management and Handbook of Clinical Anaesthesia. She has a particular interest in simulation and patient safety.

She is an anaesthetic clinical advisor for the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations programme, Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association council member (2010-2025) and lead editor for the Quick Reference Handbook for Obstetric emergencies.

Register of Interests

OAA council member (2019-2025)

BMA member

Lead editor OAA obs QRH

Clinical Advisor, Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations

Employee Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust