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DVLA fitness to drive guidance updated

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New guidance for GPs, consultants and optometrists on assessing their patients’ fitness to drive has been given a ‘major’ update by the DVLA

New guidance for GPs, consultants and optometrists on assessing their patients’ fitness to drive has been given a ‘major’ update by the DVLA.

The update, part of wide-ranging plans to improve DVLA services for medical professionals and drivers has been published today (March 11) and replaces the 25-year-old ‘At a glance’ guide which the organisation said had become awkward to use.

The new guidance was said to be clearer and easier to navigate. The new guidance can be found at www.gov.uk/dvla/fitnesstodrive

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