Form

Report your medical condition (form B1V)

Report certain types of medical conditions to DVLA if you're a lorry, bus or coach driver.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Published: 18 March 2016
• Last updated: 17 April 2025 — See all updates

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B1V

Ref: B1V

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Use this form to report these medical conditions:

• acute subdural haematoma
• aneurysm
• arachnoid cyst
• Arnold-Chiarim malformation
• arteriovenous malformation
• blood clots
• brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis
• brain injury
• burr hole surgery
• cerebral palsy
• chronic subdural haematoma
• head injury
• hydrocephalus
• hypoxic brain damage
• Lewy body dementia
• serious head injury
• subarachnoid haemorrhage
• transient global amnesia
• VP shunt
• other related conditions

Check the list of health conditions if yours isn’t listed.

Use a different form to report these conditions if you only have a car or motorcycle licence.

Find out what happens after you tell DVLA.

Published 18 March 2016

Last updated 17 April 2025 + show all updates

1. 17 April 2025

   Updated B1V PDF and ODT forms.

2. 15 November 2024

   Updated the B1V PDF and ODT.

3. 20 March 2024

   Updated English PDF and accessible version.

4. 15 January 2024

   Updated PDF and medical conditions list.

5. 10 August 2022

   Updated PDF.

6. 20 July 2022

   Updated PDF.

7. 4 March 2020

   List of conditions updated.

8. 25 November 2019

   PDF update

9. 22 November 2019

   Update made to epilepsy section on Welsh form.

10. 7 February 2019

    Updated pdf

11. 26 September 2018

    PDF updated (English and Welsh).

12. 22 May 2018

    PDF updated.

13. 18 January 2018

    Added translation

14. 2 January 2018

    Added translation

15. 18 July 2017

    PDF updated

16. 27 April 2017

    PDF updated

17. 24 April 2017

    Updated form

18. 20 May 2016

    Guillain Barré syndrome removed from list.

19. 11 April 2016

    Latest version of B1V added, epilepsy questions (3-7) have been changed.

20. 18 March 2016

    First published.