Free sight tests

•you are in one of the exempt groups listed on here; or

•you are aged under 16, or under 19 and in full-time education (see here); or

•you are aged 60 or over; or

•you are registered as blind or partially sighted; or

•you have been prescribed complex or powerful lenses; or

•you have diabetes or glaucoma or are at risk of getting glaucoma; or

•you are 40 or over and are the parent, sibling or child of someone who has glaucoma; or

•you are a patient of the Hospital Eye Service; or

•in England, if you are on leave from prison or a young offenders’ institution; or

•your income is low enough (see here).

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