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.

Big Issue vendor in Covent Garden Market in London holds up a special edition of The Big Issue, advertising the Charity VIP scheme

Specsavers expands homelessness eye care scheme nationally

The scheme to provide eye care and spectacles to those experiencing homelessness is now available in every Specsavers practice in the UK and Ireland

Patients

13 Aug

Optometrist Ben Armstrong carrying out a vision check with a young lady at Revvv it Up festival

Community optometrist and RNIB Northern Ireland make two hospital referrals at local festival

Patients

13 Aug

This illustration features a businessman with raised arms standing in front of a large yellow star, symbolizing employee recognition and professional achievement. It captures the essence of business success, motivational leadership, and celebrating employee excellence

OT asks...

What is the proudest moment of your career so far?

On the High Street

13 Aug 5 min read

Health minister, Mike Nesbitt MLA, with Optometry Northern Ireland chair, Brian McKeown, and colleagues during a visit to Brogan’s Eyes and Ears practice in Lisburn

Northern Ireland health minister visits community optometry practice

Government and regulation

11 Aug

Parliamentary portrait of James Frith MP

James Frith MP takes on responsibility for eye care at the DHSC

Government and regulation

10 Aug

A close-up shot of a group of light brown guinea pigs

Dispensing diaries

“The patient experience is everything”

Business and practice management

07 Aug 6 min read

Teenage girl sits in a car, looking into her phone to check her contact lens in her irritated eye

IP and me

Irritation and foreign body sensation in a contact lens patient

Patients

07 Aug

Head and shoulders images of three pre-reg contributors smiling on a pink background

Pre-reg focus

Preparing for the next stage: reflections from a year of pre-reg practice

Career development

07 Aug 9 min read

Katie Smith smiles in a hospital optometry clinic room

You had me at hospital

Bee stings and retinopathy of prematurity: working in the paediatric eye clinic

Hospital optometry

07 Aug 6 min read

Decoding domiciliary

“You have the opportunity to really change their lives”

Domiciliary

07 Aug 6 min read

Cartoon woman looks inside a giant eye on a yellow background

A conversation about...

Closing the gap between the classroom and the clinic

Career development

07 Aug 10 min read

Three oversized lenses

Ocuco launches new lab management software

Products

06 Aug

Optical Suppliers Association members collect their golf trophy from Debbie White

Fight for Sight and OSA summer event raises £10,000

Practitioner stories

05 Aug

Optometrist examining patient's eyes in ophthalmology clinic.

Primary Eyecare Services report details practical enablers required to bring eye care closer to home

NHS and health

04 Aug

Husband and wife stressed whilst looking at a ledger book at a dining table

Optical Benevolent Fund rebrands to OptomHelp with aim of increasing number of grant applications

Health and wellbeing

31 Jul 5 min read

Little girl getting a sight test with blue glasses

SeeAbility wins NHS contract to extend Special School Eye Care Service across London and South East England

Domiciliary

30 Jul

Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital exterior

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust receives RNIB Visibly Better Employer Standard

Hospital optometry

30 Jul

Chris McDonald looking at the camera wearing a grey suit

Chris McDonald MP joins Department of Health and Social Care

Government and regulation

24 Jul

Exterior of the Department of Health and Social Care on Whitehall, Central London

Two new ministers join the Department of Health and Social Care

Government and regulation

23 Jul

Yvette Cooper MP is appointed as health secretary by Prime Minister Andy Burnham at 10 Downing Street on 20 July 2026

Yvette Cooper MP appointed health secretary by Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Government and regulation

21 Jul

The cartoon hand of a pharmacist holds paid purchases on the background of the pharmacy interior

Bringing care closer to home: four lessons from pharmacy

NHS and health

09 Jul 5 min read

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling person with long blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a sleeveless navy and white patterned top, against a plain light grey background with copy space to the right

GOC appoints IP optometrist as its first head of optometric advice

Government and regulation

09 Jul

Five participants wearing matching yellow event T-shirts and blue finisher medals smile for a group photo beneath a "FINISH" banner at the Moorfields Eye Charity event. One participant has an arm around another's shoulders, while others wear headphones or glasses. Trees, event flags and spectators are visible in the background, creating a celebratory finish-line atmosphere

Sight loss community raises £91,000 in Moorfields Eye Charity fundraising walk

Hospital optometry

07 Jul

Five participants pose for a selfie before the LOROS Twilight Walk: Glitter and Glow event, smiling in matching navy event T-shirts with glow necklaces and glitter makeup. One person wears a bright rainbow wig and colourful face gems, while others accessorise with sequinned skirts, neon headbands and waist bags. The group stands outdoors in front of a large red-brick building decorated with bunting

Independent practice team raises over £1000 for Leicester hospice

On the High Street

07 Jul

Older female teacher oversees two students using a slit lamp

Scheme for Registration supervision updated to reflect CLiP changes

Students and pre-regs

29 Jun

Dharmesh and Lisa smiling at the camera during NHS Confed Expo

Why local optical committees are vital in influencing optometry’s place in primary care

NHS and health

25 Jun 6 min read

Vision Care Mobile Vision Service van

Vision Care celebrates reaching 150 patients through its Mobile Vision Service

Patients

25 Jun

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