NHS Eye Tests
FREE NHS EYE TEST
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DO YOU QUALIFY FOR A FREE NHS EYE TEST?
You are entitled to a free sight test, paid for by the NHS, if:
- You are under 16 years of age
- You are 16, 17 or 18 and in full-time education
- You are 60 or over
- You have been diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
- You are 40 or over and your mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter has been diagnosed with glaucoma, or an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) has advised you that you’re at risk of glaucoma
- You are registered as blind or partially sighted
- You are prescribed complex lenses – these are lenses with a power of 10 dioptres or more, or prism controlled bifocal lenses
- Your sight tests are usually done through a hospital eye department as part of your care for an existing eye condition
- You are a war pensioner and you need the sight test because of a disability for which you get a war pension
DO YOU QUALIFY FOR HELP WITH COSTS?
You are entitled to full help with health costs, including sight tests, if you or your partner receive:
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