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Driving and type 2 diabetes

Maggie/Magpie

Maggie/Magpie

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Location
Isle of Wight, U.K
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Dislikes
Butternut Squash, Cabbage and confrontation.
Hiya,
Whats the rules on being able to drive if your a type 2 diabetic on Metformin. Do I have to info the DVLA in U.K
I've tried looking it up on DVLA website but didn't find it very clear, does anyone know?
Maggie/Magpie
 
Additionally you are sometimes advised to contact your insurers - by all means check if you want to with your company, but in general these days they aren't concerned if the DVLA doesn't need to be informed.
 
Jay-Marc said:
Additionally you are sometimes advised to contact your insurers - by all means check if you want to with your company, but in general these days they aren't concerned if the DVLA doesn't need to be informed.
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Ok, thank you
 
Jay-Marc said:
Additionally you are sometimes advised to contact your insurers - by all means check if you want to with your company, but in general these days they aren't concerned if the DVLA doesn't need to be informed.
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They get concerned if you have a claim and they find out you did not inform them. They will class it as a pre-existing condition and may invalidate your claim. This can also happen with health insurance where my claim for hospital costs following a stroke was turned down since it was deemed to be a consequence of being diabetic
 
When I contacted my insurers I was quite clearly told they weren't interested in any condition unless I was obliged to notify the DVLA about it and that was the case in general. That isn't to say some others wouldn't so I guess do it for peace of mind.
 
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Nevertheless, the doctrine of Uberrima fides covers insurance contracts so to stop them squirming out of their responsibilities, it is better to tell them (and have it noted that you have done so).
 
Not clearly of use if they tell you they won't note it. Even if you have noted you have told them :)

Still I do think it is a good idea to cross the t's on this otherwise I wouldn't have brought it up in this thread.

Taking it to extremes I suppose if they really considered medical history important in their underwriting they would require examinations of everyone ...
 
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I phoned the DVLA and my insurance company , the DVLA gave me the go ahead to keep driving and my insurance company weren't in the slightest bit interested . I'm type 2 and just using metformin
 
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