NHS Information

Are you entitled to a free eye examination?

The NHS eye examination is free to:

• Children under 16
• Under 19’s in full time education
• Over 60’s
• Anyone on income support, job seekers allowance, families’ tax credit, or disabled persons tax
• People who require complex lenses
• Anyone with diabetes or glaucoma
• Over 40’s with a parent, child or sibling with glaucoma

If you require further information on NHS eye tests, the frequency of free eye testing or NHS contributions towards the cost of spectacles, just ask a member of our staff or telephone the NHS directly on 0845 46 47.

Are you entitled to free spectacle lenses?

If you are in receipt of low income benefits such as income support, job seekers allowance, family tax credit or disabled persons tax allowance then following an eye test, you are entitled to a voucher that covers the cost of any new single vision or bifocal lenses, when bought in conjunction with a new frame. Existing frames can reglazed using the voucher with a modest reglazing charge. The voucher can also be used toward the cost of varifocals or contact lenses.