NHS Entitlement

Our Optometrists carry out comprehensive private and free NHS sight tests; please see our Fees section for our private professional charges.

The following groups are entitled to NHS sight tests:

Anyone over the age of 60
Anyone under the age of 16, or under the age of 19 if they are in full time education
Those who receive, or whose partner receives, Income Support, Income based Jobseekers Allowance, Pension Credit or Tax credit and is named on a valid NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate
Those with Glaucoma
Those with Diabetes
People over the age of 40 who have a parent/brother/sister/child who has or had Glaucoma
People entitled to NHS Complex lens vouchers
Those named on a HC2 certificate

If you belong to one of the above groups you may be entitled to a voucher towards the cost of your spectacles. The value of the voucher depends on your prescription and also what type of spectacle lens you require.

Certain examinations or investigations fall outside the scope of a free NHS sight test, therefore incurring an additional charge.