NHS Eligibility

The majority of our patients are entitled to a FREE NHS sight test in the comfort of their own home or residence and some are entitled to help towards the cost of spectacles.

● 60 years of age or over?

● Unable to visit an optical practice unaided?

● Diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma?

● Registered blind or partially sighted?

● Claiming benefit (Income Support, Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pension Credit Guarantee or receiving tax credits and meeting qualifying conditions)?

● Eligible for an NHS Complex Lens Voucher (your optician will advise on your entitlement)?

● Considered to be at risk of glaucoma (as diagnosed by an ophthalmologist)?

● 40 years of age or over and the parent, brother, sister, son or daughter of a person diagnosed with glaucoma?

● On a low income and named on a valid HC2 (full help) or HC3 (partial help certificate)?