The following people qualify for an eye examination paid for by the NHS:
- people suffering from diabetes or glaucoma
- all children under 16 and those under 19 in full-time education
- those on low income who have been assessed by the Department of Social Security as having no contribution to pay
- people receiving Family Credit, Income Support or Disability Working Allowance (benefit capital must be £8,000 or less when it was claimed)
- registered blind or partially sighted
- people who need complex lenses
- those aged 40 and over who are parents, brothers, sisters or children of diagnosed glaucoma suffers
- people aged 60 or over
