Full DVLA list of medical conditions that should be reported or drivers risk fine of up to £1,000
Drivers are being reminded that they must declare any health conditions that may have an impact on their ability to drive safely.
Under Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) rules, you need to report certain medical conditions or you risk a fine. The DVLA advises that you should inform them if you develop a ‘notifiable’ medical condition or disability and if a condition or disability has got worse since you got your licence.
You could be fined up to £1,000 if you do not declare a condition that might affect your ability to drive safely. Drivers could also be prosecuted if an accident happens, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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Drivers must surrender their licence if a doctor tells them to stop driving for three months or more, your medical condition affects your ability to drive safely and lasts for more than three months or you do not meet the required standards for driving because of your medical condition. After you inform the DVLA you will receive a letter with a decision about whether you can keep your license.
They might contact your doctor or consultant, arrange for you to be examined or ask you to take a driving assessment, or an eyesight or driving test. You can usually keep driving while your application is being considered.
If you’re told to stop driving, you can send DVLA more medical evidence, reapply for your driving licence (if your letter says you can reapply) or appeal the decision. Having or being diagnosed with one of the listed conditions does not necessarily mean you need to report it to the DVLA.
Some conditions may have additional factors that need declaring. There are medical conditions that will only need to be declared if they affect a person's driving ability or if they have been told to stop driving by a doctor. These include mental health and high blood pressure among others.
Certain medical conditions will only need to be declared if the driver owns a certain licence. For example a bus, lorry or coach, you will need to report illnesses such as kidney problems, or transient global amnesia, among others, whereas those with a car licence will not.
Full list of medical conditions to report to DVLA
Absence seizures
Acoustic neuroma
Addison’s disease
Agoraphobia
AIDS
Alcohol problems
Alzheimer’s disease
Amaurosis fugax
Amputations
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Angina
Angioplasty
Ankylosing spondylitis
Anorexia nervosa
Anxiety
Aortic aneurysm
Arachnoid cyst
Arrhythmia
Atrial defibrillator
Arteriovenous malformation
Arthritis
Asperger syndrome
Ataxia
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Autistic spectrum condition
Balloon angioplasty (leg)
Bipolar disorder
Blackouts
Blepharospasm
Blood clots
Blood pressure
Brachial plexus injury
Brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis
Brain aneurysm
Brain angioma
Brain haemorrhage
Brain injury (traumatic)
Brain tumours
Broken limbs
Brugada syndrome
Burr hole surgery
Caesarean section
Cancer (leukaemia is listed separately below)
Cataracts
Catheter ablation
Cardiac problems
Carotid artery stenosis
Cataplexy
Cavernoma
Central venous thrombosis
Cerebral palsy
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Chiari malformation
Chronic aortic dissection
Cognitive problems
Congenital heart disease
Convulsions
Coronary artery bypass or disease
Coronary angioplasty
Cranial nerve palsy (with double vision)
Cystic fibrosis
Deafness
Defibrillator (implanted)
Déjà vu
Dementia
Depression
Diabetes
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Diplopia (double vision)
Dizziness
Drug misuse
Eating disorders
Empyema (brain)
Epilepsy
Essential tremor
Fainting
Fits
Fractured skull
Friedreich’s ataxia
Glaucoma
Global amnesia
Grand mal seizures
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Head injury
Heart attack
Heart arrhythmia
Heart failure
Heart murmurs
Heart palpitations
Heart valve disease or replacement valve
High blood pressure
HIV
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Huntington’s disease
Hydrocephalus
Hypertension
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypoglycaemia
Hypoxic brain damage
Hysterectomy
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
Intracerebral haemorrhage
Ischaemic heart disease
Kidney dialysis
Kidney problems
Korsakoff’s syndrome
Labyrinthitis
Learning difficulties
Left bundle branch block
Leukaemia
Lewy body dementia
Limb disability
Long QT syndrome
Loss of an eye
Low blood sugar
Lumboperitoneal shunt
Lung cancer
Lymphoma
Macular degeneration
Malignant brain tumours
Malignant melanoma
Manic depressive psychosis
Marfan’s syndrome
Medulloblastoma
Memory problems (severe)
Meningioma
Mini-stroke
Monocular vision (sight in one eye only)
Motor neurone disease
Multiple sclerosis
Muscular dystrophy
Myasthenia gravis
Myocardial infarction
Myoclonus
Narcolepsy
Night blindness
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obstructive sleep apnoea
Ocular myasthenia gravis (with double vision)
Ophthalmoplegia (with double vision)
Pacemakers
Palpitations
Paranoia
Paranoid schizophrenia
Paraplegia
Parkinson’s disease
Peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral neuropathy
Personality disorder
Petit mal seizures
Pituitary tumour
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychosis
Psychotic depression
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Renal dialysis
Retinal artery fugax
Retinitis pigmentosa
Retinopathy (with laser treatment)
Schizo-affective disorder
Schizophrenia
Scotoma
Seizures
Severe communication disorders
Severe depression
Sight in one eye only
Sleep apnoea
Sleepiness (excessive)
Spinal problems and injuries
Stroke
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Surgery (if you are post-operation)
Syncope
Tachycardia
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Tonic clonic fits
Tourette’s syndrome
Transient global amnesia
Transient ischaemic attack
Tunnel vision
Usher syndrome
Valve disease or replacement valve
Ventricular defibrillator
Vertigo
Vision in one eye only
Visual acuity (reduced)
Visual field defect
VP shunts
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome