Are you entitled to a free NHS sight test?

More than 30 million people in the UK are entitled to a free eye examination paid for by the NHS. The list below details those that are automatically entitled to regular NHS sight tests. You may also be entitled to a voucher towards the cost of any spectacles or contact lenses prescribed. Your local optician will be able to advise on NHS entitlements based on your own individual circumstance.

  • Aged 60 or over
  • Under 16 or under 19 still in full time education
  • Live in Scotland *
  • Diagnosed as having diabetes or glaucoma
  • 40 years of age or over with a close relative with glaucoma
  • Registered blind or partially sighted
  • In need of complex lenses (you may also get an optical voucher)
  • Income Support or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
  • Working Tax Credit/Child Tax Credit (and are named on a NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate)
  • You are named on a valid HC2 or HC3 certificate
  • Under 16 or under 19 and still in full time education
  • Named on a valid HC2 or HC3 certificate
  • In need of complex lenses
  • You or your partner claim Income Support, Income Based Job Seekers Allowance, Working Family’s Tax Credit/Disabled Person’s Tax Credit (and are named on a NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate)

* Automatically entitled to a voucher.

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