Lucy Miller

Deputy editor

Lucy Miller is deputy editor of Optometry Today (OT).

She writes and commissions business and career-focused features through the Life in practice section of the website and print journal, and covers charity, non-profit and policy news for OT online, whilst also overseeing the publication’s digital development.

Lucy has a particular interest in health policy, social issues and education, and encourages anyone with a story to share to get in touch via email.

Unveiling CooperVision’s new Vision Centre

CooperVision has created “a vision of working for the future” at its new global headquarters in Southampton

Products

3 days ago

Shockat Adam with The Eyes Have It partners holding a pledge board

In Pictures: Westminster Eye Health Day 2026

Government and regulation

3 days ago

Optometrist Kathryn Webber seated at a diagnostic imaging machine in an optometry examination room, operating the equipment using its control panel

University of Bradford myopia management clinic celebrates a decade of patient care

Patients

3 days ago

Stack of pound coins on a grey background

Hakim Group’s view on the Budget: welcome support, but cost of living cannot be forgotten

Government and regulation

3 days ago 5 min read

Panel at Thomas Pocklington Trust Labour Party fringe event

Equipping visually impaired young people for the future

Government and regulation

03 Nov 11 min read

Woman sits on a sofa with a laptop, holding a phone out in front of her

Accessibility failings in NHS App, APPG report says

NHS and health

30 Oct

Woman sits outside wearing an eye patch bandage after a cataract operation

Minimum waits for cataract surgery risking patients’ health, research says

Patients

29 Oct 2

Prime Minister Andy Burnham Budget meeting with John Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 10 Downing Street

Increases to small business rate relief and national minimum wage announced in Budget

Government and regulation

29 Oct

Exterior of De Montfort University’s Hawthorn Building, home to the university’s Health and Life Sciences faculty

De Montfort’s new optometry degree: increasing eye care accessibility in diverse communities in the East Midlands

Students and pre-regs

29 Oct 10 min read 3

SUV parked blocking a residential street

Dangers of floating bus stops and pavement parking key message for Guide Dogs at political party conferences

Government and regulation

28 Oct 6 min read

A woman wearing a light-coloured headscarf presents an article titled “Keratoconus: a common cause of litigation against optometrists” to an audience at a professional meeting. Attendees sit facing the screen, with a green “It’s time for big ideas” banner beside it

Clinical and regulatory scenarios and hospital referrals considered at locum clinical skills conference

Locuming

28 Oct 13 min read

A smiley blonde woman in a blue floral dress and dangling pearl earrings

RNIB appoints Clare Fynney as new chief people officer

Career development

26 Oct

Five panellists sit behind a table at an Association of Optometrists event, taking part in a discussion on “Health Outside the Hospital,” with an audience seated in front of them. A presentation screen and banners for the Association of Optometrists and Progress stand behind the panel

Five AOP highlights from political party conference season

Government and regulation

22 Oct 1

ECLOs and RNIB staff outside the new ECLO room

New eye clinic liaison officer suite opens at Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital

Patients

21 Oct

A young man in a green sweatshirt receives an eye test

Half of people experiencing homelessness have worsening eyesight or hearing, Specsavers says

Patients

19 Oct

Ten people pose together at the finish line of the Thames Path Ultra Challenge, wearing medals and holding a sign marked “28KM”, beneath a large “FINISHER” banner. Several wear Specsavers-branded clothing, with a red event tent and trees in the background

Specsavers practice partners join Thames Path Ultra Challenge in memory of colleague

On the High Street

14 Oct

Exterior of Houses of Parliament from the river

How eye care is being delivered by ICBs to be highlighted at Westminster Eye Health Day

NHS and health

13 Oct

Hospital corridor

Public priorities for the NHS identified at Labour Party Conference

NHS and health

12 Oct

Elderly Asian woman being checked with slit lamp microscope

Liberal Democrats adopt Eye care everywhere as party policy

Government and regulation

12 Oct

Close-up on a football player stepping on the ball at the field

Accessibility features for blind and partially sighted fans implemented as Premier League resumes

Patients

09 Oct

Cheerful young woman in a red top working on laptop

OT asks...

Do you have one tip for building flexibility into your week?

Health and wellbeing

09 Oct

Middle age man reading book with his father while sitting close to window in living room

Vision rehabilitation must be part of social care reform, RNIB says

Government and regulation

06 Oct

Adam Sampson and Dame Diana Johnson on panel

“Real opportunity” to utilise primary care skills on the High Street, health minister says

Government and regulation

06 Oct 7 min read

A large group of people pose for a photograph inside a modern venue, with three people standing at the front and others seated behind them on tiered steps. Lighting equipment and cameras surround the group, while a screen in the foreground displays “Welcome to The Vision Centre”

Six new product innovations announced at opening of CooperVision’s new global headquarters

Products

06 Oct 6 min read

Optometry teacher teaching students how to perform an eye exam using an eye test equipment

In focus

CLiP: from application to qualification

Students and pre-regs

02 Oct 10 min read

Inflammation and localised dilation of the episcleral small vessels external layer of the sclerotic

IP and me

Tenderness and aching in the right eye after a period of stress

Patients

02 Oct 5 min read

Cartoon of a balancing concept woth books and a hand on a weighing scale

A conversation about...

Managing a flexible optometry career

Career development

02 Oct 13 min read

Portrait of a woman wearing burgundy cat-eye glasses and a colourful patterned blouse, photographed outdoors in front of an ivy-covered brick wall

Decoding domiciliary

Amanda Nasser: “We’re there to help people improve their vision and improve their quality of life”

Domiciliary

02 Oct 5 min read

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