NHS Information.
You are entitled to a free NHS sight test if you are:
- Under 16, or under 19 and in full time education.
- Aged 60 or over (from age 60-70 it is one test every 24 months and over 70 it is one test every 12 months).
- Registered blind or partially sighted.
- Diagnosed as having diabetes or glaucoma.
- 40 or over with a first degree relative with glaucoma, or you have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of glaucoma.
- Prescribed a complex lens.
Free sight tests are also available if you (or your partner) receives any of the following benefits or credits:
- Income Support or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance (not contribution based).
- Working Tax Credit and are named on a Tax Credit NHS Exemption Certificate.
- Child Tax Credit and are named on a Tax Credit NHS Exemption Certificate.
- You are named on a NHS certificate for full help with health costs (HC2).
For further information on receiving free eye tests, please see NHS form HC11, and for information on Tax Credit Exemptions and Optical Vouchers see NHS form HC12.