Find your condition online

You can use this service to search for your health condition and find out how to report it. Some conditions can be reported in the service, and others need to be reported by printing off and sending a paper form. This service is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg) . What you’ll need You’ll need to enter some details about your current driving licence and your condition. To search for the condition, you’ll need to say what type of licence you have and confirm your entitlement to drive. If you’re checking for someone else, and you do not know the information about their licence, you can check the A to Z list for the condition. If you report your condition to DVLA through the service, you might need to give your GP or consultant’s name and address. Use the service You’ll have one hour to add information once you start. You cannot save and return to your application later. You can only use this service if you have a car or motorcycle licence. If you have a bus, lorry or coach licence, check the A to Z list for your condition instead. Start now

Find your condition on the A to Z list

Use the A to Z to check if you need to report your condition. If your condition is not listed here, contact DVLA . A Medical condition Check if you need to report Absence seizures Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy Acoustic neuroma Check the guidance on acoustic neuroma Addison’s disease Check the guidance on Addison’s disease Agoraphobia Check the guidance on agoraphobia AIDS Check the guidance on AIDS Alcohol problems Check the guidance on alcohol problems Alzheimer’s disease Check the guidance on Alzheimers disease Amaurosis fugax Check the guidance on transient ischaemic attacks and mini-strokes Amputations Check the guidance on amputations Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Check the guidance on motor neuron disease - also known as ALS Angina Check the guidance on angina Angioma Check the guidance on angiomas Angioplasty Check the guidance on heart attacks and angioplasty Ankylosing spondylitis Check the guidance on ankylosing spondylitis Anorexia nervosa Check the guidance on eating disorders Anxiety Check the guidance on anxiety Aortic aneurysm Check the guidance on aortic aneurysms Arachnoid cyst Check the guidance on arachnoid cysts Arrhythmia Check the guidance on arrhythmias Atrial defibrillator Check the guidance on defibrillators Arteriovenous malformation Check the guidance on arteriovenous malformations Artery occlusion Check the guidance on eye conditions Arthritis Check the guidance on arthritis Asperger syndrome Check the guidance on autistic spectrum condition, including asperger syndrome Asteroid hyalosis Check the guidance on eye conditions Astigmatism Check the guidance on eye conditions Ataxia Check the guidance on ataxia, including Friedrich’s ataxia Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Check the guidance on ADHD Autistic spectrum condition Check the guidance on autistic spectrum condition, including asperger syndrome B Medical condition Check if you need to report it Balloon angioplasty (leg) Check the guidance on balloon angioplasties in the leg Behçet’s disease Check the guidance on eye conditions Best’s disease Check the guidance on eye conditions Bilateral artery occlusion (retinal) Check the guidance on eye conditions Bipolar disorder Check the guidance on bipolar disorder - previously known as manic depression Blackouts Check the guidance on blackouts and fainting Blepharitis Check the guidance on eye conditions Blepharospasm Check the guidance on eye conditions Blood clots Check the guidance on blood clots Blood pressure Check the guidance on blood pressure Brachial plexus injury Check the guidance on brachial plexus injuries Brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis Check the guidance on brain abscesses, cysts or encephalitis Brain aneurysm Check the guidance on brain aneurysms Brain angioma Check the guidance on angiomas Brain haemorrhage Check the guidance on brain haemorrhages Brain injury (traumatic) Check the guidance on traumatic brain injuries Brain tumours Check the guidance on brain tumours Branch retinal vein occlusion Check the guidance on eye conditions Broken limbs Check the guidance on broken limbs Brugada syndrome Check the guidance on Brugada syndrome Burr hole surgery Check the guidance on burr hole surgery C Medical condition Check if you need to report it Caesarean section Check the guidance on surgery Cancer Check the guidance on cancer (not including leukaemia) Catheter ablation Check the guidance on catheter ablations Cardiac problems Check the guidance on cardiac problems Carotid artery stenosis Check the guidance on carotid artery stenosis Cataplexy Check the guidance on cataplexy Central vein occlusion Check the guidance on eye conditions Central venous thrombosis Check the guidance on central venous thrombosis Cerebral palsy Check the guidance on cerebral palsy Chalazion Check the guidance on eye conditions Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Check the guidance on Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Chiari malformation Check the guidance on Chiari malformation Choroidal infarction Check the guidance on eye conditions Choroidal neovascular Check the guidance on eye conditions Choroiditis Check the guidance on eye conditions Chronic aortic dissection Check the guidance on chronic aortic dissection Chronic central serous retinopathy Check the guidance on eye conditions Coats’ disease Check the guidance on eye conditions Cogan’s dystrophy Check the guidance on eye conditions Cognitive problems Check the guidance on cognitive problems Colour blindness Check the guidance on eye conditions Computer vision syndrome Check the guidance on eye conditions Congenital heart disease Check the guidance on congenital heart disease Conjunctivitis Check the guidance on eye conditions Convulsions Check the guidance on fits, convulsions and seizures Corneal abrasion Check the guidance on eye conditions Corneal degeneration Check the guidance on eye conditions Corneal transplant Check the guidance on eye conditions Corneal ulcer Check the guidance on eye conditions Coronary artery bypass or disease Check the guidance on coronary artery bypass or disease Coronary angioplasty Check the guidance on heart attacks and angioplasty Corrective laser treatment Check the guidance on eye conditions Cosmetic eye surgery Check the guidance on eye conditions Cranial arteritis Check the guidance on eye conditions Cranial nerve palsy (with double vision) Check the guidance on eye conditions Cranial nerve palsy (without double vision) Check the guidance on eye conditions Cystic fibrosis Check the guidance on cystic fibrosis Cystic prolactinoma Check the guidance on eye conditions D Medical condition Check if you need to report it Dacryocystitis Check the guidance on eye conditions Deafness Check the guidance on deafness Defibrillator Check the guidance on defibrillators Déjà vu Check the guidance on deja vu Dementia Check the guidance on dementia Dendritic ulcer (corneal ulcer) Check the guidance on eye conditions Depression Check the guidance on depression Detached retina Check the guidance on eye conditions Diabetes Check the guidance on diabetes Diabetic retinopathy (no laser treatment) Check the guidance on eye conditions Diabetic retinopathy (with laser treatment) Check the guidance on eye conditions Dilated cardiomyopathy Check the guidance on dilated cardiomyopathy Diplopia (double vision) Check the guidance on diplopia Dizziness Check the guidance on dizziness (including vertigo) Drug misuse Check the guidance on drug misuse Dry eye Check the guidance on eye conditions E Medical condition Check if you need to report it Eating disorders Check the guidance on eating disorders Ectropion (outward eyelid) Check the guidance on eye conditions Empyema (brain) Check the guidance on brain empyemas Entropion (inward eyelid) Check the guidance on eye conditions Epilepsy Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy Episcleritis Check the guidance on eye conditions Essential tremor Check the guidance on essential tremors Exophthalmos Check the guidance on eye conditions Eye tumour Check the guidance on eye conditions F Medical condition Check if you need to report it Fainting Check the guidance on blackouts and fainting Farsightedness Check the guidance on eye conditions Fits Check the guidance on fits, convulsions and seizures Flashers/floaters (in eye) Check the guidance on eye conditions Foreign body (in eye) Check the guidance on eye conditions Fractured skull Check the guidance on head injuries Friedreich’s ataxia Check the guidance on ataxia, including Friedrich’s ataxia Fuchs’ dystrophy Check the guidance on eye conditions G Medical condition Check if you need to report it Glaucoma Check the guidance on eye conditions Global amnesia Check the guidance on global amnesia Grand mal seizures Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy Guillain-Barré syndrome Check the guidance on Guillain Barré syndrome H Medical condition Check if you need to report it Head injury Check the guidance on head injuries Heart attack Check the guidance on heart attacks and angioplasty Heart arrhythmia Check the guidance on arrhythmias Heart failure Check the guidance on heart failure Heart murmurs Check the guidance on heart murmurs Heart palpitations Check the guidance on heart palpitations Heart valve disease or replacement valve Check the guidance on heart valve disease or replacement valves Hemianopia Check the guidance on hemianopia Herpes simplex keratitis Check the guidance on eye conditions Herpes zoster ophthalmicus Check the guidance on eye conditions High blood pressure Check the guidance on high blood pressure HIV Check the guidance on HIV Hodgkin’s lymphoma Check the guidance on Hodgkin’s lymphoma Horner’s syndrome Check the guidance on eye conditions Huntington’s disease Check the guidance on Huntington’s disease Hydrocephalus Check the guidance on hydrocephalus Hypertension Check the guidance on high blood pressure Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Check the guidance on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Hypoglycaemia Check the guidance on hypoglycaemia Hypoxic brain damage Check the guidance on hypoxic brain damage Hysterectomy Check the guidance on surgery I Medical condition Check if you need to report it Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) Check the guidance on defibrillators Intracerebral haemorrhage Check the guidance on intracerebral haemorrhages Iris neovascular (Rubeosis) Check the guidance on eye conditions Iritis Check the guidance on eye conditions Ischaemic heart disease Check the guidance on ischaemic heart disease K Medical condition Check if you need to report it Keratoconus Check the guidance on eye conditions Kidney dialysis Check the guidance on kidney dialysis (also known as renal dialysis Kidney problems Check the guidance on kidney problems Korsakoff’s syndrome Check the guidance on Korsakoff’s syndrome L Medical condition Check if you need to report it Labyrinthitis Check the guidance on labyrinthitis Lazy eye (without double vision) Check the guidance on eye conditions Learning difficulties Check the guidance on learning difficulties Leber’s optic atrophy Check the guidance on eye conditions Left bundle branch block Check the guidance on left bundle branch blocks Leukaemia Check the guidance on leukaemia Lewy body dementia Check the guidance on Lewy body dementia Limb disability Check the guidance on limb disability Long QT syndrome Check the guidance on Long QT syndrome Longsightedness Check the guidance on eye conditions Loss of an eye Check the guidance on eye conditions Low blood sugar Check the guidance on hypoglycaemia Lumboperitoneal shunt Check the guidance on lumboperitoneal shunts Lung cancer Check the guidance on lung cancer Lymphoma Check the guidance on lymphoma M Medical condition Check if you need to report it Macroprolactinoma Check the guidance on eye conditions Macular cyst Check the guidance on eye conditions Macular hole Check the guidance on eye conditions Macular oedema Check the guidance on eye conditions Malignant brain tumours Check the guidance on brain tumours Malignant melanoma Check the guidance on malignant melanoma Manic depressive psychosis Check the guidance on bipolar disorder - previously known as manic depression Marfan’s syndrome Check the guidance on Marfan’s syndrome Medulloblastoma Check the guidance on medulloblastomas Melanoma (ocular) Check the guidance on eye conditions Memory problems (severe) Check the guidance on severe memory problems Meningioma Check the guidance on meningioma Mini-stroke Check the guidance on transient ischaemic attacks and mini-strokes Monocular vision Check the guidance on monocular vision Monocularity myopia (shortsightedness) Check the guidance on eye conditions Motor neurone disease Check the guidance on motor neurone disease Multiple sclerosis Check the guidance on motor neuron disease - also known as ALS Muscular dystrophy Check the guidance on muscular dystrophy Myasthenia gravis Check the guidance on myasthenia gravis Myocardial infarction Check the guidance on heart attacks and angioplasty Myoclonus Check the guidance on myoclonus N Medical condition Check if you need to report it Narcolepsy Check the guidance on narcolepsy Neovascularisation of the cornea Check the guidance on eye conditions Neovascularistion of the optic nerve head Check the guidance on eye conditions Night blindness Check the guidance on night blindness Nystagmus Check the guidance on nystagmus O Medical condition Check if you need to report it Obsessive compulsive disorder Check the guidance on obsessive compulsive disorder Obstructive sleep apnoea Check the guidance on excessive sleepiness Ocular albinism Check the guidance on eye conditions Ocular histoplasmosis Check the guidance on eye conditions Ocular myasthenia gravis (with double vision) Check the guidance on eye conditions Ocular myasthenia gravis (without double vision) Check the guidance on eye conditions Ocular rosacea Check the guidance on eye conditions Ophthalmoplegia (with double vision) Check the guidance on eye conditions Ophthalmoplegia (without double vision) Check the guidance on eye conditions Optic atrophy Check the guidance on optic atrophy Optic neuritis Check the guidance on eye conditions P Medical condition Check if you need to report it Pacemakers Check the guidance on pacemakers Palpitations Check the guidance on heart palpitations Paranoia Check the guidance on paranoia Paranoid schizophrenia Check the guidance on paranoia Paraplegia Check the guidance on paraplegia Parkinson’s disease Check the guidance on Parkinson’s disease Peripapillary nevus Check the guidance on eye conditions Peripheral arterial disease Check the guidance on peripheral arterial disease Peripheral neuropathy Check the guidance on peripheral neuropathy Personality disorder Check the guidance on personality disorders Petit mal seizures Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy Pinguecula Check the guidance on eye conditions Pink eye (conjunctivitis) Check the guidance on eye conditions Pituitary tumour Check the guidance on pituitary tumours Posner Schlossman syndrome Check the guidance on eye conditions Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Check the guidance on PTSD Posterior vitreous detachment Check the guidance on eye conditions Presbyopia Check the guidance on eye conditions Proptosis Check the guidance on eye conditions Psychosis Check the guidance on psychosis Psychotic depression Check the guidance on psychotic depression Pterygium Check the guidance on eye conditions Ptosis Check the guidance on eye conditions Pulmonary arterial hypertension Check the guidance on pulmonary arterial hypertension Q Medical condition Check if you need to report it Quadrantanopia Check the guidance on eye conditions R Medical condition Check if you need to report it Recurrent corneal erosion Check the guidance on eye conditions Red eyes Check the guidance on eye conditions Reis Bucklers corneal dystrophy Check the guidance on eye conditions Renal dialysis Check the guidance on kidney dialysis (also known as renal dialysis Retinal artery fugax Check the guidance on transient ischaemic attacks and mini-strokes Retinal artery thrombosis Check the guidance on eye conditions Retinal occlusion (artery or vein) Check the guidance on eye conditions Retinal tear or detachment Check the guidance on eye conditions Retinal vein thrombosis Check the guidance on eye conditions Retinoblastoma Check the guidance on eye conditions Retinopathy (with laser treatment) Check the guidance on eye conditions Retinopathy fibroplasia Check the guidance on eye conditions Retinopathy of prematurity Check the guidance on eye conditions Retrobulbar neuritis Check the guidance on eye conditions Rubeosis (1 or 2 eyes) Check the guidance on eye conditions S Medical condition Check if you need to report it Schizo-affective disorder Check the guidance on schizo-affective disorders Schizophrenia Check the guidance on schizophrenia Scotoma Check the guidance on scotoma Seizures Check the guidance on fits, convulsions and seizures Severe communication disorders Check the guidance on severe communication disorders Severe depression Check the guidance on severe depression Shortsightedness (myopia) Check the guidance on eye conditions Sight in one eye only Check the guidance on monocular vision Sjogren’s lupus syndrome Check the guidance on eye conditions Sleep apnoea Check the guidance on excessive sleepiness Sleepiness (excessive) Check the guidance on excessive sleepiness Spinal problems and injuries Check the guidance on spinal problems Stargardt’s (juvenile macular degeneration) Check the guidance on eye conditions Stroke Check the guidance on strokes Stye Check the guidance on eye conditions Subarachnoid haemorrhage Check the guidance on subarachnoid haemorrhages Subconjunctival haemorrhage Check the guidance on eye conditions Surgery Check the guidance on surgery Syncope Check the guidance on blackouts and fainting T Medical condition Check if you need to report it Tachycardia Check the guidance on tachycardia Temporal lobe epilepsy Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy Thyroid related orbitopathy Check the guidance on eye conditions Tonic clonic fits Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy Toxoplasma retinitis (toxoplasmosis) Check the guidance on eye conditions Tourette’s syndrome Check the guidance on Tourette’s syndrome Transient global amnesia Check the guidance on global amnesia Transient ischaemic attack Check the guidance on transient ischaemic attacks and mini-strokes Tunnel vision Check the guidance on tunnel vision U Medical condition Check if you need to report it Usher syndrome Check the guidance on Usher syndrome V Medical condition Check if you need to report it Valve disease or replacement valve Check the guidance on heart valve disease or replacement valves Vein occlusion Check the guidance on eye conditions Ventricular defibrillator Check the guidance on defibrillators Vertigo Check the guidance on dizziness (including vertigo) Vision in one eye only Check the guidance on monocular vision Visual acuity (reduced) Check the guidance on reduced visual acuity Vitreous detachment Check the guidance on eye conditions Vitreous haemorrhage Check the guidance on eye conditions VP shunts Check the guidance on VP shunts W Medical condition Check if you need to report it Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome X Medical condition Check if you need to report it Xanthelasma Check the guidance on eye conditions

Check if a health condition affects your driving

Overview

You need to tell DVLA about some medical conditions as they can affect your driving.

You can be fined up to £1,000 if you do not tell DVLA about a medical condition that affects your driving.

You must give up your licence if any of the following are true:

your doctor tells you to stop driving for 3 months or more
your medical condition affects your ability to drive safely and lasts for 3 months or more
you do not meet the required standards for driving because of your medical condition

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If you have a car or motorcycle licence, you can either:

use the online service to check if your condition needs to be reported
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You cannot use the online service to check for your condition or report it to DVLA.

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