Free NHS Sight Tests:

· People 60 or over
· Children under 16 and young people 16,17 and 18 and in full-time education
· Diagnosed glaucoma patients
· People 40 and over who are a parent, brother, sister, son or daughter of a diagnosed glaucoma patient, or have been advised by an ophthalmologist that they are at risk of glaucoma
· People who are diagnosed a diabetic
· People registered blind or partially sighted
· People who need complex lenses
· People whose sight test is carried our through the Hospital Eye Department as part of the management of their eye condition
· People and their partner getting:
o Income Support
o Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
o Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
o People named on a valid NHS Tax Exemption Certificate
o NHS Exemption Certificate
· People named on an HC2 certificate
· People named on an HC3 certificate might also get help towards the cost of a private sight test

Note: For more information request a copy of Form HC11 "Help With Health Costs" from Rotherham Health Advice Centre, or use the Information Request Form

Click the following links for the NHS in England Scotland  , Wales  and Northern Ireland .