NHS Eye Care

Are you entitled to a free NHS Eye Examination?

At Leightons Opticians, your eye sight is important to us which is why we recommend regular eye tests by a qualified optician. In some cases you may be entitled to a free NHS eye test and help towards the cost of corrective glasses if you need them.

The NHS Eye Examination is free to:

• You are under 16 years of age or 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.

• An ophthalmologist (eye doctor) has advised you that you're at risk of glaucoma.

• You are registered as blind or partially sighted or you or your partner receive Income Support

• You or your partner receives Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance.

• You or your partner receives Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.

• You or your partner receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit

• You're entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate

• You are named on a valid HC2 certificate

• Your sight tests are usually done through a hospital eye department, as part of your care for an existing eye condition

• You are prescribed complex lenses (lenses with a power of 10 dioptres or more, or prism controlled bifocal lenses).

• You are a war pensioner and you need the sight test because of a disability for which you get a war pension.

If you want more information on the NHS Free eye test or contributions towards the cost of glasses, just ask your local branch or contact the NHS directly on 0845 46 47.