NHS-funded eye test
Qualifying criteria for an NHS-funded eye test
UK residents qualify for an NHS-funded eye test if one or more of the following apply:
Age
0 - 15
16, 17 or 18 and in full-time education
60 or over
Medical Condition
Registered as partially sighted or blind
Diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
Advised by an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) that you're at risk of glaucoma
Aged 40 or over and your mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter has been diagnosed with glaucoma
Income
Receive Income Support (you or your partner)
Receive Income-based (not Contribution-based) Jobseeker's Allowance (you or your partner)
Receive Income-based Employment (not Contribution-based) and Support Allowance (you or your partner)
Receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit (you or your partner)
Entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate (you or your partner)
On a low income and named on a valid HC2 (full help) certificate (you or your partner)
Other
Prisoner on leave from prison
Eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher
Who doesn't get an NHS optical voucher?
Unfortunately, you are not entitled to an NHS optical voucher if you only receive the following:
- Recipients of Child Benefit
- Recipients of Disability Living Allowance
- Recipients of Incapacity Benefit
- Recipients of Housing Benefit
- Recipients of Maternity Benefit
- Recipients of Contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance
- Recipients of Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance
- Recipients of Tax Credit without an NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate
- Recipients of Pension Credit Savings Credit on its own