Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing a patient's fitness to drive.
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These are medical standards of fitness to drive for medical professionals. This guidance is also available as HTML and is usually updated every 12 months. It has replaced the medical at a glance.
The guidance is prepared on the advice of the Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panels.
If you are not a medical professional, view health conditions and driving.
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Last updated 22 September 2023 + show all updates
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Updated 'Details' section with a link to the 'Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panels' guidance page and advice to sign up for email alerts to receive the latest vacancies for DVLA's medical advisory panels.
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Updated PDF.
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Updated PDF.
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PDF updated.
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Survey for medical professionals closed - link removed. PDF updated
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PDF added.
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Message added: A PDF version of the guidance will be available soon.
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Updated pdf for Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals (August 2018).
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Survey for medical professionals added.
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PDF updated. For more information about the amendments made, see page 2 of the PDF.
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'Excessive sleepiness including obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome' section updated.
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PDF updated.
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PDF updated.
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Survey removed.
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Change to the neurology chapter. Transient loss of consciousness with seizure markers has been updated.
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General updates to the guide.
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First published.