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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

A third of people in UK are avoiding buying prescription glasses due to cost of living crisis

Some 36 per cent of people are wearing out of date prescriptions

(Picture: PA Archive)

Nearly a third of people in the UK are wearing their friends’ and family’s glasses to avoid spending money on their own due to the cost-of-living crisis, a study has revealed.

The survey, conducted by the Association of Optometrists (AOP), found that two-thirds of people who wear glasses or contact lenses are “putting off” paying for vision correction.

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