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England and Wales

You may qualify for a free NHS eye test at home if you are unable to visit an optician unaccompanied due to physical or mental disability and are any of the following:

 

  • Aged 60 or 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 you have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of glaucoma

  • Prescribed a complex lens

  • A prisoner on leave from prison

 

You're also entitled to a free NHS sight test if you:

  • receive Income Support or Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (not Contribution-based) 

  • receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit 

  • receive Income-based Employment and Support Allowance  

  • are entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate 

  • are named on a NHS certificate for full or partial help with health costs (HC2/3)

 

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