Dr refused to complete medical form.

[Liveonce]

However they flag up certain conditions to the DVLA, so why not to the FLO?

Possibly one is a legal, contractual requirement and the other just goodwill, any GPs on SD like to comment?

 

[Elst]

So basically it's all a waste of time.I thought ( wrongly) that some sort of programme automatically flagged up certain medical conditions and then alerted the police.I didn't realise it flagged up to the Dr and they had to inform them .Wouldn't trust my Dr to do anything,the surgery are completely useless.

It does seem to be a waste of time. I had a period of "low mood" at the end of last year. When I queried the doc as to whether, as a firearms owner, it was a notifiable condition he seemed quite surprised. Turns out that almost four years after being granted my license, there wasn't a "marker" on my records to indicate firearms ownership. Even more surprising, at least for me, was that the doc then left it to me to notify the police.

 

[Liveonce]

No no it’s not a waste of time or money, the Chief Constable ends up with a piece of paper to cover their backside all dressed up as improving public safety. And will remain so until GP contracts are amended to make it that they must engage in the process, but don’t hold your breath waiting for that to happen.

 

[tim@tcs]

However they flag up certain conditions to the DVLA, so why not to the FLO?

Possibly one is a legal, contractual requirement and the other just goodwill, any GPs on SD like to comment?

DVLA in my experience relies on your specialist consultant to tell you to inform the DVLA . My GP the same, waited for my specialist to make the move. Most conditions requiring dvla intervention are full consultant led diagnosis although as these take time they tend to advise you to drive less if possible unless it’s obvious. My gp won’t give mental health diagnoses and only refers patients to specialists

 

[bigtone]

However they flag up certain conditions to the DVLA, so why not to the FLO?

Possibly one is a legal, contractual requirement and the other just goodwill, any GPs on SD like to comment?

A Dr will tell you if your condition needs reporting to DVLA.You then report it yourself.

 

[Whitefront]

A Dr will tell you if your condition needs reporting to DVLA.You then report it yourself.

Correct. The system basically relies on you reporting yourself to the DVLA.. A doctor cannot actually ban a person from driving, only advise that they should not. If somebody goes against this advice - or fails an eye test and still drives - and as a consequence causes an accident, they might be deemed to have committed an offence of nondisclosure. But only the secretary of state can actually ban a person from driving on health/eyesight grounds - and even then, only after commissioning a specialist medical report. God knows how long this might take, or who would initiate such a measure.