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Does the UK NHS not offer free eye test once a year? The IOM does.  

We get free eye exams in Scotland, every 2 years.

Does the UK NHS not offer free eye test once a year?

According to the NHS website:

You qualify for a free NHS funded sight test if you are:

• aged under 16, or aged under 19 and in full-time education
• aged 60 or over
• registered blind or partially sighted
• diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
• aged 40 or over and you are the parent, brother, sister, son or daughter of a person diagnosed with glaucoma, or you have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of glaucoma
• eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher

You are also entitled to a free NHS sight test if:

• you receive Income Support or Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (not contribution based)
• you receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
• you receive Income-based Employment and Support Allowance
• you are awarded Universal Credit
• you are entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate
• you are named on a valid NHS certificate for full help with health costs (HC2)

People named on an NHS certificate for partial help with health costs (HC3) may also get help.

Also read about the NHS Low Income Scheme (LIS).

According to the NHS website:

You qualify for a free NHS funded sight test if you are:

• aged under 16, or aged under 19 and in full-time education
• aged 60 or over
• registered blind or partially sighted
• diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
• aged 40 or over and you are the parent, brother, sister, son or daughter of a person diagnosed with glaucoma, or you have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of glaucoma
• eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher

You are also entitled to a free NHS sight test if:

• you receive Income Support or Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (not contribution based)
• you receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
• you receive Income-based Employment and Support Allowance
• you are awarded Universal Credit
• you are entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate
• you are named on a valid NHS certificate for full help with health costs (HC2)

People named on an NHS certificate for partial help with health costs (HC3) may also get help.

Also read about the NHS Low Income Scheme (LIS).

Thanks Chary

Must be different over here as every person on the IOM is entitled to a free eye exam once a year.

Must be different over here as every person on the IOM is entitled to a free eye exam once a year.

Lucky! 

Does the UK NHS not offer free eye test once a year? The IOM does. Unless that is some that they do here that Specsavers has an agreement with the IOM NHS...

As chary said, only certain people get free eye tests through the NHS - since I've become an adult I've never qualified for one. Although I have managed to get free tests through promotional vouchers before.

I can get free eye tests and help towards the cost of glasses every 2 years through my company though, because I use computers all day long at work. So far, I haven't actually claimed any eye tests/glasses costs through them yet though (I didn't bother last year because the test was only £5 instead of £20).

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