The Outside Clinic - Free Eye Tests at Home

If you need an eye sight test and you are eligible for free NHS eye examinations and you can't get to a high street optician alone, this service can help through home visits. The service uses the latest portable diagnostic equipment and brings it safely to you in the comfort of your home. If you need spectacles, they can be delivered and fitted at home too. Should the spectacles need adjustments they can be made at the time of delivery. After care service is also free and is available throughout the year. You are entitled to a free NHS sight test at home if you are: Unable to leave home unaccompanied or require a home visit on account of a physical or mental disability. And you fall into one of the categories for a free NHS sight test listed below:

• Aged 60 or over
• Under 16, or under 19 and in full-time education
• Registered blind or partially sight
• Diagnosed as having diabetes or glaucoma
• 40 or over with a direct relative with glaucoma, or
• you have been advised by an ophthalmologist that you are at risk of glaucoma
• Prescribed a complex lens

You (or your partner) are receiving the following benefits or credits:

• Income Support or Income Based Job Seekers
• Allowance (not contribution based)
• Working Tax Credit and are named on a Tax Credit
• NHS Exemption Certificate
• Child Tax Credit and are named on a Tax Credit NHS
• Exemption Certificate
• You are named on a NHS certificate for full or partial help with health costs (HC2/3)
• Pension Credit Guarantee Credit