Kerry-Michelle said:
Secondly regarding whether you can drive an ambulance is up to the DVLA you need to write to them or ring them and explain that you have been diagnosed with type 1, they will send you a form to fill out about yourself, once you have done that send it back asap... As te DVLA will contact your doctor and see if you are "well" enough to drive.. If you are seen to be "well" enoughtto drive they will issue you with a 3 year licence.
I dont have the definitive answer but I believe there is more to it than the above, the above advice is correct for driving a car but the restrictions are higher for HGV and PSV drivers who are in charge of many people, they will only be granted a licence providing they have had no serious hypos in the last year, could be 6 months, like I said I dont claim to know the exact answers. Serious being defined as needing 3rd party assistance to help with a hypo.
For ambulance drivers it is different again as ambulance drivers have to be trained not only in driving but are responsible for the lives of the patients in their care and obviously hypos could be a serious problem due to decision making effectiveness in hypo situations.
There was a thread on here a year or so back about this very topic and im not sure how it was resolved and of course Brussels/EU have recently changed the criteria for driving and insulin dependency. Perhaps someone can find the previous thread for Bud1wg
Or perhaps contact the Ambulance service and ask to speak to someone in there recruitment or HR departments, Im pretty sure they will have the answer :thumbup: