DVLA wait times ?

venomx

Had to declare a medical condition to the DVLA. Filled the form out fully with no missing fields.
It's been nearly a month,  they said it was received and processed on the 17th November,  and has now been passed to the medical team ( that's the info I got last week when I phoned them up)

Is it likely to be much longer to wait ?

Browntoa

Months sometimes , especially if they are checking details with your GP

venomx

Oh dear  Ok thanks 

Uptown_Boy

Has your doctor still cleared you to drive pending confirmation from DVLA?

venomx

Uptown_Boy said:

Has your doctor still cleared you to drive pending confirmation from DVLA?

No, it's my first time declaring my condition. As far as I know you can only continue to drive if you've been cleared to drive before and your just waiting to renew the license 

venomx

Consultant hasn't received the letter yet. Even though I sent the form off to the DVLA one month ago. Hope they're not wasting time contacting my GP as they aren't involved with my care, I did state this on the form.

venomx

Been about a month now since I sent off the medical form.  They say its been processed and sent to the " medical team " and its been that way for 3 weeks now. 

I contacted my consultant and my gp and they havent received anything . Really frustrating 

oh_really

I don't wish to cause undue alarm, I notified a condition online and received documentation around a week later informing me my license was to be suspended (pending my agreement or else into court), I agreed and returned my licence to DVLC, around a week later new licence received but with with entitlements removed.

This all in last few weeks. Depending on job I can't help feel this blanket approach could have been catastrophic in terms of employment. I cover a lot of miles and my driving ability was not impaired yet the licence was revoked.

venomx

oh_really said:

I don't wish to cause undue alarm, I notified a condition online and received documentation around a week later informing me my license was to be suspended (pending my agreement or else into court), I agreed and returned my licence to DVLC, around a week later new licence received but with with entitlements removed.

This all in last few weeks. Depending on job I can't help feel this blanket approach could have been catastrophic in terms of employment. I cover a lot of miles and my driving ability was not impaired yet the licence was revoked.

Sorry to hear that. Suppose it depends on the condition and how well you have been for the past 3 months as far as I know. I still haven't heard back so hopefully it's ok. My consultant said it would not be a problem.

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There used to be a customer service pledge on the website promising that most cases will be dealt within 90 working days (about 4 months). In my case, they waited until the 90th day, then sent me a letter which didn't resolve anything at all. After some more haggling and an additional wait, they sent another letter telling me I could have my licence back, but backdated it to the 90th working day. If any of us were to fiddle dishonest dates like that, they'd have in court so fast our feet wouldn't touch the ground.

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venomx said:

Been about a month now since I sent off the medical form.  They say its been processed and sent to the " medical team " and its been that way for 3 weeks now. 

I contacted my consultant and my gp and they havent received anything . Really frustrating 

In my case there was a big delay during a period when the GP was ignoring their correspondence because he didn't want the responsibility of making a decision.