Who's Eligible for a Test?

   

 

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Who’s eligible for a FREE NHS Eye Test at home?

You are entitled to a free NHS sight test if you have difficulty getting to a high street optician without assistance and you are:

• Aged 60 and over
• Under 16, or under 19 and in full time education
• Registered blind or partially sighted
• Diagnosed as having Diabetes or Glaucoma
• Aged 40 or over with a direct relative with Glaucoma, or have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of Glaucoma
• Prescribed a complex lens

 

Or if you or your partner are receiving the following benefits or credits:

• Income Support or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance (not contribution based)
• Working Tax Credit and are named on Tax Credit NHS Exemption Certificate
• Child Tax Credit and are named on a Tax Credit NHS Exemption Certificate
• You are named on a NHS certificate for full help with health costs

• Pension Credit Guarantee Credit (Not Savings Credit)

• A war pensioner and the prescription is for your accepted disablement and you have a valid war pension exemption certificate

 

 

If any of the above apply to you and you have difficulty in getting to a high street optician then call us on 0800 9549 100.  We can talk you through what’s involved and arrange your free home eye test.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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