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NHS entitlements

Those in the following categories are entitled to an NHS eye examination without charge and may also be entitled to a voucher to offset the cost of any spectacles or contact lenses prescribed.

  • All those aged 60 and over.

  • Children under 16 (or under 19 in full time education).

  • Claiming benefits - Income support, income based jobseekers allowance or in receipt of Working Families Tax Credit or Disabled Persons Tax Credit (both less than £70 withdrawn)

  • Diabetics

  • A Glaucoma sufferer or close relative aged 40 or over.

  • At risk of Glaucoma, as advised by a hospital ophthalmologist (ocular hypertensive).

  • Registered Blind or partially sighted

  • On a low income (NHS low income scheme)

  • Eligible for NHS complex lens vouchers

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