2.5 - Professor Rachel Elliott - The Empty Chair and Technology Solutionism

Rachel is a pharmacist and Professor of Health Economics at University of Manchester. Rachel has worked with Datalab, NICE and Academic Health Science networks to contribute health economics input of commissioning. She was also one of the first ICU pharmacists ever appointed in the UK. Rachel was also involved in the development and evaluation of the PINCER and the New Medicines Service. We chat to Rachel about ‘having a foot in two camps’, rationing and the over-use of technology to solve problems. We carry on with the feature no-one is talking about - Pets and their medicines. As with all our guests we ask Rachel to pick her ‘Desert Island Drug’, a career defining anthem and a book that has influenced her work. You can view the Aural Apothecary Library here; https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/31270100-paul-gimson?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=the-aural-apothecary You can listen to the Aural Apothecary playlist here; https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OsWj4w8sxsvuwR9zMXgn5?si=tiHXrQI7QsGtSQwPyz1KBg To get in touch follow us on Twitter @auralapothecary or email us at [email protected]