Safety standards<\/strong> – You no longer meet the medical standards required for driving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAfter a condition is declared, the DVLA will assess the information. In numerous instances, individuals are allowed to carry on driving while their application is being reviewed, provided they aren’t otherwise disqualified.<\/p>\n
Should further action be necessary, the DVLA will relay its decision by post, offering comprehensive guidance on any required vehicle alterations, licence limitations, or directions to cease driving.<\/p>\n
Below is the full list of conditions<\/strong> you may need to declare to the DVLA:<\/p>\n\n- Absence seizures<\/li>\n
- Acoustic neuroma<\/li>\n
- Addison\u2019s disease<\/li>\n
- Agoraphobia<\/li>\n
- Alcohol problems<\/li>\n
- Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/li>\n
- Amaurosis fugax<\/li>\n
- Amputations<\/li>\n
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)<\/li>\n
- Angina<\/li>\n
- Angioplasty<\/li>\n
- Ankylosing spondylitis<\/li>\n
- Anorexia nervosa<\/li>\n
- Anxiety<\/li>\n
- Aortic aneurysm<\/li>\n
- Arachnoid cyst<\/li>\n
- Arrhythmia<\/li>\n
- Atrial defibrillator<\/li>\n
- Arteriovenous malformation<\/li>\n
- Arthritis<\/li>\n
- Asperger syndrome<\/li>\n
- Ataxia<\/li>\n
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)<\/li>\n
- Autistic spectrum condition<\/li>\n
- Balloon angioplasty (leg)<\/li>\n
- Bipolar disorder<\/li>\n
- Blackouts<\/li>\n
- Blepharospasm<\/li>\n
- Blood clots<\/li>\n
- Blood pressure<\/li>\n
- Brachial plexus injury<\/li>\n
- Brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis<\/li>\n
- Brain aneurysm<\/li>\n
- Brain angioma<\/li>\n
- Brain haemorrhage<\/li>\n
- Brain injury (traumatic)<\/li>\n
- Brain tumours<\/li>\n
- Broken limbs<\/li>\n
- Brugada syndrome<\/li>\n
- Burr hole surgery<\/li>\n
- Caesarean section<\/li>\n
- Cancer<\/li>\n
- Cataracts<\/li>\n
- Catheter ablation<\/li>\n
- Cardiac problems<\/li>\n
- Carotid artery stenosis<\/li>\n
- Cataplexy<\/li>\n
- Cavernoma<\/li>\n
- Central venous thrombosis<\/li>\n
- Cerebral palsy<\/li>\n
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease<\/li>\n
- Chiari malformation<\/li>\n
- Chronic aortic dissection<\/li>\n
- Cognitive problems<\/li>\n
- Congenital heart disease<\/li>\n
- Convulsions<\/li>\n
- Coronary artery bypass or disease<\/li>\n
- Coronary angioplasty<\/li>\n
- Cranial nerve palsy (with double vision<\/li>\n
- Cystic fibrosis<\/li>\n
- Deafness<\/li>\n
- Defibrillator<\/li>\n
- D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/li>\n
- Dementia<\/li>\n
- Depression<\/li>\n
- Diabetes<\/li>\n
- Dilated cardiomyopathy<\/li>\n
- Diplopia (double vision)<\/li>\n
- Dizziness<\/li>\n
- Drug misuse<\/li>\n
- Eating disorders<\/li>\n
- Empyema (brain)<\/li>\n
- Epilepsy<\/li>\n
- Essential tremor<\/li>\n
- Eye conditions<\/li>\n
- Fainting<\/li>\n
- Fits<\/li>\n
- Fractured skull<\/li>\n
- Friedreich\u2019s ataxia<\/li>\n
- Glaucoma<\/li>\n
- Global amnesia<\/li>\n
- Grand mal seizures<\/li>\n
- Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome<\/li>\n
- Head injury<\/li>\n
- Heart attack<\/li>\n
- Heart arrhythmia<\/li>\n
- Heart failure<\/li>\n
- Heart murmurs<\/li>\n
- Heart palpitations<\/li>\n
- Heart valve disease or replacement valve<\/li>\n
- High blood pressure<\/li>\n
- HIV or AIDS<\/li>\n
- Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma<\/li>\n
- Huntington\u2019s disease<\/li>\n
- Hydrocephalus<\/li>\n
- Hypertension<\/li>\n
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy<\/li>\n
- Hypoglycaemia<\/li>\n
- Hypoxic brain damage<\/li>\n
- Hysterectomy<\/li>\n
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)<\/li>\n
- Intracerebral haemorrhage<\/li>\n
- Ischaemic heart disease<\/li>\n
- Kidney dialysis<\/li>\n
- Kidney problems<\/li>\n
- Korsakoff\u2019s syndrome<\/li>\n
- Labyrinthitis<\/li>\n
- Learning difficulties<\/li>\n
- Left bundle branch block<\/li>\n
- Leukaemia<\/li>\n
- Lewy body dementia<\/li>\n
- Limb disability<\/li>\n
- Long QT syndrome<\/li>\n
- Loss of an eye<\/li>\n
- Low blood sugar<\/li>\n
- Lumboperitoneal shunt<\/li>\n
- Lung cancer<\/li>\n
- Lymphoma<\/li>\n
- Macular degeneration<\/li>\n
- Malignant brain tumours<\/li>\n
- Malignant melanoma<\/li>\n
- Manic depressive psychosis<\/li>\n
- Marfan\u2019s syndrome<\/li>\n
- Medulloblastoma<\/li>\n
- Memory problems (severe)<\/li>\n
- Meningioma<\/li>\n
- Mini-stroke<\/li>\n
- Monocular vision (sight in one eye only)<\/li>\n
- Motor neurone disease<\/li>\n
- Multiple sclerosis<\/li>\n
- Muscular dystrophy<\/li>\n
- Myasthenia gravis<\/li>\n
- Myocardial infarction<\/li>\n
- Myoclonus<\/li>\n
- Narcolepsy<\/li>\n
- Night blindness<\/li>\n
- Obsessive compulsive disorder<\/li>\n
- Obstructive sleep apnoea<\/li>\n
- Ocular myasthenia gravis (with double vision)<\/li>\n
- Ophthalmoplegia (with double vision)<\/li>\n
- Pacemakers<\/li>\n
- Palpitations<\/li>\n
- Paranoia<\/li>\n
- Paranoid schizophrenia<\/li>\n
- Paraplegia<\/li>\n
- Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/li>\n
- Peripheral arterial disease<\/li>\n
- Peripheral neuropathy<\/li>\n
- Personality disorder<\/li>\n
- Petit mal seizures<\/li>\n
- Pituitary tumour<\/li>\n
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)<\/li>\n
- Psychosis<\/li>\n
- Psychotic depression<\/li>\n
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension<\/li>\n
- Renal dialysis<\/li>\n
- Retinal artery fugax<\/li>\n
- Retinitis pigmentosa<\/li>\n
- Retinopathy (with laser treatment)<\/li>\n
- Schizo-affective disorder<\/li>\n
- Schizophrenia<\/li>\n
- Scotoma<\/li>\n
- Seizures<\/li>\n
- Severe communication disorders<\/li>\n
- Severe depression<\/li>\n
- Sight in one eye only<\/li>\n
- Sleep apnoea<\/li>\n
- Sleepiness (excessive)<\/li>\n
- Spinal problems and injuries<\/li>\n
- Stroke<\/li>\n
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage<\/li>\n
- Surgery<\/li>\n
- Syncope<\/li>\n
- Tachycardia<\/li>\n
- Temporal lobe epilepsy<\/li>\n
- Tonic clonic fits<\/li>\n
- Tourette\u2019s syndrome<\/li>\n
- Transient global amnesia<\/li>\n
- Transient ischaemic attack<\/li>\n
- Tunnel vision<\/li>\n
- Usher syndrome<\/li>\n
- Valve disease or replacement valve<\/li>\n
- Ventricular defibrillator<\/li>\n
- Vertigo<\/li>\n
- Vision in one eye only<\/li>\n
- Visual acuity (reduced)<\/li>\n
- Visual field defect<\/li>\n
- VP shunts<\/li>\n
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