She was appointed to this role in 2004, having practised as a respiratory nurse specialist from 1999. She works across the acute and community services in Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and manages the respiratory nursing team. Anne Marie has been involved in the development of both the Northern Ireland respiratory strategy and service framework. She was a member of the clinical forum for the European Connected Health Project and her main clinical and research interest is the improvement of palliative care in advanced COPD. Anne Marie was awarded an MBE for services to health care in the 2012 New Year Honours.