NHS Patients

The new NHS eye examination in Scotland is an eye health assessment, appropriate to patients needs and any symptoms they present.*

In addition, you are also entitled to a free NHS sight tests if you (or your partner) are receiving the following benefits or credits:

• Income Support or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
• Working Tax Credit/Child Tax Credit (and are named on a NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate)
• You are named on a valid HC2 or HC3 certificate
• Pension Credit guarantee credit

As well as a free eye examination, you may also be entitled to some help with the purchase of glasses or contact lenses, if you are:

• Under 16 or under 19 and still in full-time education
• Named on a valid HC2 or HC3 certificate
• In need of complex lenses
• You or your partner claim Income Support, Income Based Job Seekers Allowance, Working Family’s Tax Credit/Disabled Person’s Tax Credit (and are named on an NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificate)