Eligibility

England and Wales
You may qualify for a free NHS eye test at home if you are unable to visit an optician unaccompanied due to physical or mental disability and are any of the following:

• Aged 60 or over.
• Under 16, or under 19 and in full-time education.
• Registered blind or partially sighted.
• Diagnosed as having diabetes or glaucoma.
• Aged 40 or over with a direct relative with glaucoma, or you have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of glaucoma.
• Prescribed a complex lens.
• A prisoner on leave from prison.

You’re also entitled to a free NHS sight test (and possibly free glasses) if you

• receive Income Support or Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (not Contribution-based).
• receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit.
• receive Income-based Employment and Support Allowance.
• are entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate.
• are named on a NHS certificate for full or partial help with health costs (HC2/3).