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Marion Bennie’s research sits at the critical intersection of public health service delivery, employment quality, and technological innovation. Her work provides a rare, employee-centred lens on how large-scale organisational redesign, particularly the introduction of automation and robotics in the National Health Service (NHS), reshapes both work processes and the experiences of healthcare workers. A key contribution is her analysis of how “Lean” management principles and new technologies, such as robotic storage and distribution systems in hospital pharmacies, are implemented in practice. Her most cited study (53 citations) reveals the often-unseen tensions between performance goals and employee well-being during such transformations. Further extending this focus, her work on “Employer Choice and Job Quality” (45 citations) powerfully argues that employer agency—not just market or technological forces—is a decisive factor in shaping job quality, using an NHS service redesign as a case study. By foregrounding the human and employment dimensions of healthcare modernisation, Bennie’s research offers vital insights for policymakers and managers seeking to implement new technologies without compromising the quality of work for the public health workforce.