NHS Funded sight tests are available at Lambrou Eye Studio, Locksbottom. The criteria for eligibility is detailed below:
NHS Funded sight test and optical voucher entitlements. You qualify for a free NHS funded sight test if you are:
- Aged under 16
- Aged 16, 17 or 18 in full time education
- Aged 60 or over
- Diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
- Considered to be at risk of glaucoma (as advised by an ophthalmologist)
- Aged 40 or over and the parent, brother, sister, son or daughter of a person diagnosed with glaucoma
- Registered blind or partially sighted
- Eligible for an NHS Complex Lens Voucher (your optician will advise on your entitlement)
- Claiming Benefit (Income Support, Income-based Jobseekers Allowance, income-based Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit Guarantee Credit or receiving Tax Credits or Universal Credit and meeting qualifying conditions)
- On a low income and named on a valid HC2 (full help) or HC3 (partial help) certificate.
- A prisoner being seen outside prison
You qualify for an optical voucher, which provides financial help towards the cost of your spectacles or contact lenses if you are:
- Aged under 16
- Age 16, 17 or 18 in full time education
- Eligible of an NHS Complex Lens Voucher (your optician will advise on your entitlement)
- Claiming Benefit (Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income-based Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit Guarantee Credit or receiving Tax Credits or Universal Credit and meeting qualifying conditions)
- On a low income and named on a valid HC2 (full help) or HC3 (partial help) certificate
- A prisoner being seen outside prison