You qualify for a free NHS-funded sight test if you:

• are under 16

• are 16, 17 or 18 in full-time education

• are 60 or over

• are a diagnosed Glaucoma patient

• have been told by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of Glaucoma

• are 40 or over, and your mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter has been diagnosed with Glaucoma

• have been diagnosed as Diabetic

• are registered as severely sight-impaired (blind), or sight-impaired (partially sighted)

• get or are included in an award of someone getting:

1. income support

2. income-based jobseeker’s allowance

3. income-related employment and support allowance

4. pension credit guarantee credit

• are entitled to or named on a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate

• are named on a valid HC2 certificate

• are named on a valid HC3 certificate you may get some help towards the cost of a private sight test.

Please bring any relevant paper work with you to the appointment.

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