Apnea and DVLA (UK) experience

[burnt_toast]

For posterity, for anyone else looking for the answer -

It took 2 months.

[D.H.]

First, to all the other non-UK people out there (so you don't have to google it like I did), DVLA = Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

I don't think that anybody will stop you from driving your own car at this time in the U.S. because of Sleep Apnea. However, the case may be different for those who drive for a living.

[rick blaine]

Thanks for the info, burnt_toast,

The DVLA has said all along "expect processing the paperwork to take at least six weeks ... "

When I renewed my licence, which I had to do recently, I was already in treatment, and the Agency already knew my sleep apnea was being controlled. So my paperwork took ... six weeks.

But, if for any reason, technical or otherwise, a person's licence has been revoked, then - the Agency says - the minimum time before that person can get it back is, and has to be, eight weeks.

Some might say, "Oh, that's just them being bureaucratic." Others might say, no, that's a subtle, 'nudge' way of them telling the public: "It's better if you declare yourself to us first, rather than we find out from somewhere else."

I make no comment. I merely do my best to report accurately.

The fact is, given your circumstances, you got your licence back in the minimum time period.

Thanks again.

[Perchas]

Hi burnt_toast,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...................................
7. Oh, and take the time to thank your wife - by speaking up for you the way she did, she's kept you alive.

Great contribution, in Europe some health agencies are not updated

[chunkyfrog]

Another note: with increased awareness of untreated sleep apnea as a safety hazard,
insurance adjustors are no doubt already looking for any legal way to weasel out of paying claims.
It is only a matter of time until they will be able to access medical records of ANY driver in an accident.
If you have been diagnosed with apnea, and choose not to be treated, consider yourself uninsured.