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Welcome to Home Vision Care.
Registered with the General
Optical Council, corporate registration number CO-3096.
Director - Christopher M Gould FCOptom. |
Are you eligible for NHS help?
Who is entitled to a free NHS eye test?
You can get free sight tests if you:
Are under 16
Are in full time education and aged 16, 17 or 18
Are aged 60 or over
Are a diagnosed glaucoma patient
Are aged 40 or over and are a parent, brother, sister, son or daughter
of a diagnosed glaucoma patient, or
Have been advised by an Ophthalmologist that you are at risk of glaucoma
Have been diagnosed as diabetic
Are registered blind or partially sighted
Need complex lenses (lens of 10D or stronger)
Are someone whose sight test is carried out through the hospital eye
department as part of the management of your eye condition
Are getting, or your partner gets, :
Income support, or
Income based Jobseekers Allowance, or
Minimum Income Guarantee, or
Pension Credit guarantee credit
Are entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate
Are named on a valid HC2W certificate
Partial help - if you are named on a valid HC3W certificate you might
get some help towards the cost of a private sight test.
If you are entitled to a free NHS eye test and are house-bound and cannot
leave home unassisted you are eligible to have a free NHS eye test at home.
Who is entitled to an NHS optical voucher?
You can get a voucher if you:
Are under 16
Are in full time education and aged 16, 17 or 18
Need complex lenses ( lens of 10D or stronger)
Are getting, or your partner gets,:
Income Support, or Income-based Jobseekers Allowance, or Minimum Income Guarantee,
or Pension Credit guarantee credit.
Are entitled to, or named on, a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate
Are named on a valid HC2W certificate.
Partial help - if you are named on a valid HC3W certificate you might get some
help.
The following benefits on their own do not entitle you to help with health
costs:
Incapacity benefit (IB)
Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
Contibution - based Jobseekers Allowance. (JSA)
You'll need to know whether you qualify for NHS help before you order your
glasses. To find out more, contact the help line for queries about NHS health
costs on 0845 850 1166 or see the HC11 leaflet - Help with Health Costs,
which is available at www.dh.gov.uk
It is important for you to find out if you are eligible for help before
the home eye test visit.
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