Lucy Miller

Deputy editor

Lucy Miller is the interim deputy editor of Optometry Today (OT), focusing on job guidance and telling positive career stories through the In Practice section of the website and print journal. She also covers OT’s charity news, and contributes to other sections of the publication.

Outside of OT she has worked in various settings, including digital and print publications, content agencies, charities and Higher Education, and is also a freelance writer.

More articles by Lucy Miller

“The job we do in our day-to-day life is to listen”

Kirsty, a Peer Support Line volunteer since the line launched in 2017, tells OT about how the pandemic helped open up conversations around mental health
- 5 min read
- AOP
Communication Health Feature
“There is a much broader awareness of what optical practice can deliver”

Before his departure from LOCSU, OT sat down with its chief executive, Richard Whittington, to discuss Optometry First, service transformation, and how LOCs can drive the profession forward
- 13 min read
- Optical organisations
Communication Coronavirus NHS Primary care Extended services Patients Feature
A perfect storm

Optometry is facing a post-pandemic recruitment crisis. What can be done?
- Blogs
- 1
Employment advice Practice management
“I am so privileged to volunteer for the Peer Support Line”

Ziggy Shah, who has volunteered for the AOP’s Peer Support Line since it opened five years ago, explains how his role has changed throughout the pandemic
- 6 min read
- AOP
Communication Health Feature
Hakim Group hosts retreat for 20 Irish practice members

Leadership was the theme of the weekend in County Galway
- High Street
Practice owners Events Communication HR
Fight for Sight seeking teams for annual golf day

The charity is encouraging sign-ups for its annual fundraising event, which will take place in July
- Charity
Fundraising Events Communication
New VCHP clinic opens in Gloucester

The clinic has recruited 13 volunteers for its Monday sessions, and is looking for more
- Charity
Treatment Low vision Spectacles Sight test
New president for UK and Éire Glaucoma Society announced

Professor Gus Gazzard has taken up the role, Glaucoma UK said
- Charity
Glaucoma Patients Appointments
The discussion
“We relish being able to demonstrate our point of difference”

In Brighton, a local independent and a branch of Specsavers have worked side-by-side since 1991. OT found out what they’ve learnt from each other
- 11 min read
- Business management
Communication Patients Sight test Independent Multiple Feature
Becoming a business owner
“My background is different to a regular optician buying an independent”

Sofia Fazal, former professional services manager at Zeiss, on moving from the corporate world into independent practice ownership
- 9 min read
- Business management
Business Independent Patients Marketing Feature