NHS Entitlement

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You are entitled to obtain a free NHS sight test if you meet any of the following criteria:

If you are aged 60 or over

Are aged 40 or over and have a parent, sister, brother or are the son or daughter of a person with Glaucoma

Are registered severely sight-impaired/blind or sight-impaired/partially sighted

Suffering from Diabetes

Suffering from Glaucoma

Considered to be at risk from Glaucoma

In need of complex lenses

You can get a free NHS sight test and an optical voucher for glasses at RT Knight Opticians:

If you are aged under 16

Aged 16, 17 or 18 and in full-time education

Receiving income support or your partner is receiving this benefit

In receipt of Universal Credit and meet the criteria

Receiving income-based, Jobseeker’s Allowance, or your partner is receiving this benefit

Receiving Pension Credit/Guarantee Credit or your partner is receiving this benefit

Receiving tax credits and meeting the qualifying criteria. Or your partner receives tax credits and meets the qualifying conditions

Named on a valid HC2 certificate

Named on a valid HC3 certificate

HOW OFTEN SHOULD AN EYE EXAMINATION BE CARRIED OUT ?

Generally an eye examination is advised every two years, but an annual test may be considered necessary and children are sometimes tested every six months. However, if problems are experienced earlier than the recommended re-test date do not hesitate to seek advice.

AT WHAT AGE CAN A CHILD BE EXAMINED?

A child does not have to be able to recognise letters in order to have his/her eyes examined and therefore it is never too early. An assessment of visual ability can be made in a baby and throughout infancy. This assessment increases in accuracy until around five years of age where it virtually matches that of an adult. Children should not be disadvantaged when they start school simply because a correctable eye defect has gone undetected.