Who is entitled to a free eye test?
• Under 16s (annually) • Under 19s in full-time education (every two years) • Over 60s (every two years) • People (or partners of people) on Income Support, Disabled Person’s Tax Credit, income-based Job-Seeker’s Allowance, or Working Families’ Tax Credit (every two years) • Holders (or partners of holders) of an exemption certificate (HC2). (We can also provide a HC1 and HC5 forms, for a potential refund on anything you have already paid – ask in store for details) • People who need certain complex lenses (annually) • People diagnosed as diabetic or with glaucoma (annually) • People aged 40 or over who are the brother, sister or child of a diagnosed glaucoma patient (annually) It’s not that complicated to use an NHS voucher toward the cost of your glasses just ask in store for details. Children’s glasses can take a bit of a beating so we issue NHS interim vouchers to all children under the age of 16. This covers loss, damage or broken glasses in between children’s eye exams.
