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Lucy Miller

@lucymiller.bsky.social
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Journalist. Deputy editor at Optometry Today, with interest in small business, healthcare policy, and education. Big fan of reproductive justice. Rewriting a novel, slowly. New here (obviously) optometry.co.uk/lucy-miller

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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Great article written by @lucymiller.bsky.social on providing eye care to #refugees from #Syria and #Gaza www.aop.org.uk/ot/news/2025... Proud to call Hammad Mansoor a friend. #Optometry #EyeHealth
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Providing eye care to refugees from Syria and Gaza
Locum optometrist, Hammad Mansoor, led a multidisciplinary group of clinicians to volunteer in Jordanian refugee camps in January
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
That’s all for now – I’m always keen to chat about the subjects mentioned, but also about Love Island, about Europe’s best second cities, about epic train journeys, about how we need more lidos... *fin*
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
The relationship between primary and secondary care, particularly in relation to NHS waiting lists and how they can be reduced, is also something I always have my eye on:
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“The relationship with optometry, for us in secondary care, is really important”
Christiana Dinah, consultant ophthalmologist in north west London, spoke to OT at 100% Optical about the vital relationship between optometry and ophthalmology
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
The blockers to blind and partially sighted people being able to vote independently are a bit of a shocker, honestly:
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RNIB calls to end the ‘scandal’ that means blind people can’t vote in secret
Only 13% of blind people felt they could vote independently in the 2019 general election despite secret voting being the law for 150 years, the charity said
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
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Quarter of employers unwilling to make workplace adaptations for blind or partially sighted staff
One in five businesses also said that changes to the workplace would be too costly, despite this being a legal requirement
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
Inclusivity for those with sight loss, particularly when it comes to getting them the support they need to live full lives, is an ongoing theme:
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Thousands denied support after sight loss diagnosis
Delays in access to vision rehabilitation have caused a “hidden social care scandal,” RNIB says
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
Externally to parliament, I’m sometimes interviewing or hosting events with MPs who are vocal about eyecare, such as Battersea's Marsha de Cordova:
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AOP hosts optometrist roundtable with MP Marsha de Cordova
More effective referrals and the need for myopia management funding were up for discussion when MP Marsha de Cordova met eye care practitioners in her constituency
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
You’ll also occasionally find me in Parliament, covering events around eye healthcare (such as Westminster Eye Health Day)
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“It is our job to represent the interests of the millions of people whose sight is potentially at risk”
Leaders from three charities talk to OT about their work on <em>The Eyes Have It</em> partnership, and how the group is pushing for systematic change in eye health
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
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“We need to take every opportunity to engage people into healthcare”
OT spoke to Specsavers and Expert Focus, facilitators of a homelessness lived experience group, about the practical changes that need to happen to widen access to eye care for marginalised groups
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
I’ve also been thinking about healthcare inclusivity for those experiencing/with experience of homelessness:
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Establishing an out of hours homeless service in Bristol
Specsavers Bristol Merchant Street was the first practice to trial an out-of-hours homeless clinic that is now being piloted at 44 locations. OT found out more from contact lens partner, Sarah Mcgowan...
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
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“We want ICBs to treat our children as a priority, not an afterthought”
OT asked two charities that support families using the Special Schools Eye Care Service how vital the programme is to them
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
Work-wise, recently I’ve been covering the threat to the Special Schools Eyecare Service – which is invaluable in getting kids with learning disabilities the support they need to learn. Long-term spec from NHS England still TBC www.aop.org.uk/ot/professio...
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“A generation of children have missed out”
Uncertainty over service specification and fees is causing concern amongst those delivering the Special Schools Eye Care Service
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
When I’m not doing that, it’s mainly about these two:
A male ginger cat with white front legs (Ptolemy) is sprawling on a blue and gold striped blanket with his eyes closed because he is extremely lazyA male tabby kitten (Xerxes) is sitting like a sphinx on a grey sofa and looking up at the camera in surprise (he is not yet big enough for his ears)
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Lucy Miller @lucymiller.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
Hello 👋 as we're (mostly) all new here, I thought I'd do a little introduction and share a bit of recent work. You'll mainly find me writing about small business and/or widening access to healthcare, keeping a close eye on UK and US politics, and fuming about the end of Roe v Wade 🙅‍♀️
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