Free NHS eye examinations throughout Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire
Regular sight tests are important as your eyesight can often change without you being aware of it. Eye examinations are also a valuable health check and can detect, for example, cataracts, glaucoma and high blood pressure. A regular eye examination is also of importance for diabetics and both patients with a family history of glaucoma.
Those patients suffering from poor communication skills, for example, after a stroke or suffering with dementia, an eye examination should form part of their heathcare. A patient suffering from conditions such as undetected cataracts or glaucoma can experience failling vision and discomfort. This in turn can reduce quality of life and even change behavioural characteristics. An eye examination is not simply just about spectacles.
Our home eye tests, similarly to those in a practice, check the external and internal health of the eye and will determine your correct prescription.
The test can take between 30-60 minutes but we take our time and work at your own pace. If needed, we can refer you on to a hospital if further treatment is needed, such as cataract surgery.
Who is entitled to a free home eye test?
Anyone who cannot visit their optician unattended is entitled to a free NHS home eye examination if they fall into one of the categories below:
- Aged 60 or over
- Under 16 / under 19 and in full-time education
- Registered blind or partially sighted
- Diagnosed as having diabetes or glaucoma
- Aged 40 or over with a direct relative with glaucoma
- An ophthalmologist has advised that you are at risk of glaucoma
- You are prescribed a complex lens
Free tests are available for patients in receipt of the following benefits:
- Income support / income based Job Seekers Allowance (not contribution based)
- Working Tax Credit and named on Tax Credit (NHS) Exemption Certificate / Child Tax Credit and named on a Tax Credit (NHS) Exemption Certificate
- Named on a NHS Certificate for full help with health costs
- Pension Credit Guarantee Credit (not savings credit)
- A war pensioner with a prescription for your accepted disablement and you have a valid War Pension Exemption Certificate
Find out if you are eligible for a free eye test. Call us on
01267 290 009