Neville Robinson was appointed a consultant anaesthetist in 1987. He has co-authored/edited some eleven books primarily aimed at teaching, six book chapters, and some thirty papers, including those related to metabolic stress, patient satisfaction, sepsis in obstetrics, and more recently, a new airway, the Tulip. He was the recipient of the Evelyn Baker Award (AAGBI) in 2008. He is a Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCA) assessor and is on the national MMBRACE committee. He is a past RCA College tutor and teaches on several courses aimed at passing the RCA examinations.