Guides to DVLA medical licence decisions

Plain-English guides for drivers in England and Wales, and the people helping them. Every fact comes from GOV.UK, DVLA’s own publications or legislation.gov.uk, and each guide lists its sources. General information, not legal or medical advice. Current as at October 2026.

• DVLA revoked your licence on medical grounds: what to do next

  What the letter means, why you can’t drive in the meantime, and the three routes GOV.UK describes: further evidence, reapplying and appealing.

• How to appeal a DVLA medical decision

  The 6-month magistrates’ court limit in England and Wales, 21 days in Scotland, the notice to DVLA, the costs risk and where to get advice.

• Section 88: can you drive while DVLA decides?

  INF188/6’s conditions, who decides whether they’re met, when cover ends, lorries and buses, insurance and driving abroad.

• Reapplying for your licence after a medical revocation

  The 8-week rule, reapplying online or by post, the D1, D2 and D4 forms, where to send them, and making the application complete.

• DVLA subject access request: how to get your medical file

  What to include, where to send it, why it helps before further evidence or an appeal, and how long DVLA has to reply.

• DVLA medical delays: how long it takes and what you can do

  DVLA’s published target and result, what DVLA may be doing, whether you can drive while you wait, and how to help your case move.

• How to complain to DVLA about a medical case

  The Complaints Team, the Head of Complaints, an Independent Complaints Assessor, then your MP and the Ombudsman.

• DVLA medical addresses: where to send each letter

  The published address for further evidence, a reapplication, a notice of appeal, a subject access request and a complaint, and how to phone or webchat.

• Voluntary surrender or revocation: getting your licence back

  How giving up your licence differs from having it revoked, when you can drive again, and how to reapply.

• HGV or bus licence revoked on medical grounds (Group 2)

  What Group 2 covers, why its standards are higher, section 88 for lorry and bus drivers, reapplying with a D2 and D4, and appeals.

• DVLA medical forms by condition

  The form GOV.UK names for each of 9 conditions, for cars and for lorries and buses, what DVLA asks your doctor for, and which application form goes with it.