Petition Review British army prior Laser Eye surgery policy

Currently you cant have laser eye before joining the British army prior eyesight doesn't meet the minimum standards. As laser eye surgery makes you eyesight better why should the minimum standards before the surgery stop you. Why stop people getting Laser Eye surgery so there can serve their country

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"Spectacle or contact lens corrections must not be greater then -6 dioptres or +6 dioptres in any meridian." - Army Jobs "Laser Eye surgery or anything alike would not enable you to join as your prior eyesight doesn't meet the minimum standards." - Army Jobs.

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Date closed 28 January 2017
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