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If you are applying for or currently hold a large goods vehicle or passenger carrying vehicle (group two)

Download the appropriate information leaflet or medical questionnaire to tell the Driver and Vehicle Licence Agency (DVLA) about your medical condition or disability. The questionnaires include a consent form that must be signed, allowing DVLA to make medical enquiries into your fitness to drive.

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Neurological conditions

  • epilepsy
  • fits or blackouts
  • severe and recurrent disabling giddiness
  • parkinson's disease
  • narcolepsy or cataplexy
  • any chronic neurological condition (eg multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease)
  • major or minor strokes
  • brain surgery, brain tumour, severe head injury
  • memory problems

For the following conditions:

  • chronic neurological conditions (eg multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease)

Psychiatric conditions

  • any mental ill-health condition (including depression)
  • any psychiatric illness requiring hospital admission

Alcohol and drugs

  • dependence on or misuse of alcohol in the past three years
  • dependence on or misuse of drugs in the past three years

Vision problems

  • sight in one eye only
  • visual problem affecting either eye

Diabetes

  • diabetes controlled by diet
  • diabetes controlled by tablets
  • diabetes controlled by insulin

Heart conditions

  • any heart condition other than innocent heart murmurs
  • peripheral arterial disease causing symptoms eg intermittent claudication
  • abdominal aortic aneurysm

Sleep disorders

  • sleep apnoea syndrome
  • narcolepsy or cataplexy   
  • any other condition which causes excessive daytime or awaketime sleepiness

Spinal injuries

  • severe spinal injuries
  •  paraplegia
  •  tetraplegia

Cancers, tumours and other medical conditions

  • you must notify DVLA if you have had treatment for the following types of cancer or tumours in the past five years: Lung, melanoma, non-hodgkins lymphoma
  • AIDS
  • any other medical condition likely to affect ability to safely control a vehicle, eg amputation, impairment secondary to medication, chronic debilitation illness
  • behavioural problems eg asperger's syndrome
  • chronic renal failure
  • deafness (profound)

Medical practitioners

More detailed information on the above conditions and driving can be located in the 'at a glance guide for medical practitioners'. The form for a 'medical examination report' (D4) is found below.

How to surrender your driving licence and return to driving at later date

Surrendering your driving licence and the conditions for reapplying.

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