You can have a free NHS checkup here and NHS help with paying for specs or contacts, if:
- You’re under 16, or under 19 and in full-time education.
- You have very powerful specs or contacts – we can tell you whether they are that strong.
- You get Pension Credit Guarantee Credit.
- You get Income Support.
- You get Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (not contribution-based).
- You get Employment and Support Allowance that is income-based (not contribution-based).
- You are entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate.
- You are named on a valid NHS certificate for help with health costs (HC2 and maybe HC3).
- You’re a prisoner on leave from prison.
You can also have a free NHS checkup here if:
- You’re 60 or over.
- You have diabetes.
- You have glaucoma or a medical eye-doctor said you are especially at risk of it.
- You have a parent, child, brother or sister with glaucoma, if you are over 40.
- You’re registered vision-impaired.