UK residents qualify for an NHS-funded eye test if one or more of the following apply:
Age Medical Income Other
0 - 15 Registered as partially
sighted or blind Receive Income Support (you or your partner) Prisoner on leave
from prison
16, 17 or 18 and in
full-time educations Diagnosed with diabetes
or glaucoma Receive Income-based (not Contribution-based) Jobseeker’s Allowance
(you or your partner) Eligible for an
NHS complex voucher
60 or over Advised by an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) that you’re at risk or glaucoma Receive Income-based Employment (not Contribution-based) and Support Allowance
(you or your partner)
Aged 40 or over and your mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter has been diagnosed with glaucoma Receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
(you or your partner)
Entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate (you or your partner)
On a low income and named on a valid HC2 (full help) certificate (you or your partner)
If you or your partner are named on a valid HC3 certificate, you might be able to get partial help towards the cost of your eye test. Ask in store.
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