20 October 2022
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has updated its list of notifiable eye conditions following feedback from the AOP.
Concerns were raised earlier this month over the extended list, which highlights the conditions that patients must declare to the DVLA, and which the AOP warned could apply to “almost every driver who receives a sight test.”
Following a review, the list has now been updated. Key conditions removed from the list include: blurred vision affecting one eye, drusen, cataract and nuclear sclerosis, cupped optic discs, and high myopia.
Speaking to OT, Dr Peter Hampson, clinical and professional director for the AOP, explained: “Following the AOP-led work on this and after recent consultation with the policy team at the DVLA, we are pleased to see this list has been updated, taking on board the vast majority of our suggestions.”
There is still scope for further refinement, the AOP has highlighted however, with Hampson adding: “In our opinion there are still a few areas where this list could be improved further and we will continue to work on those areas with the DVLA policy team.”
The updated guidance of notifiable eye conditions for car or motorcycle licence holders includes 10 conditions where they affect one eye and 47 conditions where they affect both eyes. This is compared to the previous guidance which, according to a capture of the website from late September, listed 23 and 90 conditions respectively.
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Peter Hampson, AOP Clinical Director21 October 2022
Hi,
We are aware of that, but we understand there are plans to also update the Group 2 list as well. I'll double check when that will be.
Peter
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Anonymous20 October 2022
But this list remains for bus and lorry drivers!
If you have a bus, coach or lorry licence
You need to tell DVLA about any of the following eye conditions if you have a bus, coach or lorry licence, even if it is only in one eye:
Loss of an eye
Asteroid hyalosis
Astigmatism
Behçet’s disease
Benign peripheral retinal pigmentation
Best disease
Bilateral artery occlusion (retinal)
Blepharitis
Blepharospasm
Blurred vision
Branch retinal vein occlusion
Cataracts
Cellophane retinopathy
Central chorio retinopathy
Central serous retinopathy
Central vein occlusion
Chalazion
Chemical eye burn
Choroidal infarction
Choroidal neovascular
Choroidal nevus
Choroiditis
Chronic central serous retinopathy
Coats’ disease
Cogan’s dystrophy
Coloboma
Colour blindness
Computer vision syndrome
Conjunctivitis
Corneal abrasion
Corneal degeneration
Corneal graft
Corneal transplant
Corneal ulcer
Corrective laser treatment
Cosmetic eye surgery
Cranial arteritis
Cranial nerve palsy (with double vision)
Cranial nerve palsy (without double vision)
Cupped optic disc
Cystic prolactinoma
Cytomegalovirus
Dacryocystitis
Dendritic ulcer (corneal ulcer)
Detached retina
Diabetic retinopathy (no laser treatment)
Diabetic retinopathy (with laser treatment)
Drusen
Dry eye
Duane syndrome (without double vision)
Duane syndrome (with double vision)
Eales
Ectropion (outward eyelid)
Embolism (retinal)
Entropion (inward eyelid)
Epiretinal membrane
Episcleritis
Esophoria (with double vision)
Esophoria (without double vision)
Esotropia (with double vision)
Esotropia (without double vision)
Exophthalmos
Exophoria (squint)
Exotropia (squint)
Eye haemorrhage
Eye tumour
Farsightedness
Flashers/floaters (in eye)
Foreign body (in eye)
Fuchs’ dystrophy
Fuchs’ heterochromic cyclitis
Giant cell arteritis
Glaucoma
Herpes simplex keratitis
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
Heterophoria (with double vision)
Heterophoria (without double vision)
High myopia
Horner’s syndrome
Hyphaemia
Iris neovascular (Rubeosis)
Iris nevus
Iritis
Keratitis
Keratoconus
Lazy eye (without double vision)
Leber’s optic atrophy
Longsightedness
Macroprolactinoma
Macular cyst
Macular degeneration
Macular hole
Macular oedema
Macular pucker
Maculopathy
Melanoma (ocular)
Monocularity myopia (shortsightedness)
Neovascularistion of the cornea
Neovascularisation of the optic nerve head
Neuritis (retrobulbar)
Nuclear sclerosis
Ocular albinism
Ocular histoplasmosis
Ocular hypertension
Ocular myasthenia gravis (with double vision)
Ocular myasthenia gravis (without double vision)
Ocular rosacea
Ophthalmoplegia (with double vision)
Ophthalmoploegia (without double vision)
Optic neuritis
Perifoveal atrophy
Peripapillary nevus
Pinguecula
Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
Posner Schlossman syndrome
Posterior capsular opacification
Posterior vitreous detachment
Presbyopia
Proptosis
Pseudophakia
Pterygium
Ptosis
Quadrantanopia
Recurrent corneal erosion
Red eyes
Reis-Bucklers corneal dystrophy
Retinal artery thrombosis
Retinal dystrophy
Retinal embolism
Retinal haemorrhage
Retinal occlusion (artery or vein)
Retinal photocoagulation
Retinal pigment epithelial atrophy
Retinal pigmentation
Retinal tear or detachment
Retinal treatment
Retinitis pigmentosa (Rod cone dystrophy) or Retinal dystrophy
Retinal vein thrombosis
Retinoblastoma
Retinopathy (with laser treatment)
Retinopathy fibroplasia
Retinopathy of prematurity
Retinoschisis
Rubeosis (1 or 2 eyes)
Shortsightedness (myopia)
Sjogren’s lupus syndrome
Squint (with double vision)
Squint (without double vision)
Stargardt’s (juvenile macular degeneration)
Strabismus (with double vision)
Strabismus (without double vision)
Stye
Subconjunctival haemorrhage
Temporal arteritis
Thyroid related orbitopathy
Toxoplasma retinitis (toxoplasmosis)
Uveitis
Vein occlusion
Visual field defect
Vitreous detachment
Vitreous haemorrhage
Xanthelasma
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