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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 1544788" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p>Not sure your doctor did the right thing and I think you should ask where in any guidelines it says to inform the DVLA of someone having low blood glucose when they didn't need assistance or were intending to drive or indeed showed any physical signs of having a hypo.</p><p></p><p>GPONLINE actually says:</p><p></p><p><em>"The patient does not have to report an episode of hypoglycaemia if they were conscious of it and able to take appropriate action independently"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p></p><p>The doctor needs to consult the GMC for guidance in matters that they clearly don't fully understand.</p><p></p><p>I would have thought the whole point of measuring one's BG before driving is to avert hypos by detecting low BG. Something the DVLA accepts can then be treated by the individual. Several of the documents I read talk about having a BG meter with a memory function for the police to see. Also waiting 45 minutes after the BG returns to 5.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 1544788, member: 245335"] Not sure your doctor did the right thing and I think you should ask where in any guidelines it says to inform the DVLA of someone having low blood glucose when they didn't need assistance or were intending to drive or indeed showed any physical signs of having a hypo. GPONLINE actually says: [I]"The patient does not have to report an episode of hypoglycaemia if they were conscious of it and able to take appropriate action independently" [/I] The doctor needs to consult the GMC for guidance in matters that they clearly don't fully understand. I would have thought the whole point of measuring one's BG before driving is to avert hypos by detecting low BG. Something the DVLA accepts can then be treated by the individual. Several of the documents I read talk about having a BG meter with a memory function for the police to see. Also waiting 45 minutes after the BG returns to 5. [I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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