{"id":418,"date":"2022-07-25T10:09:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primaryhealthnet.co.uk\/mylocaloptician\/?p=418"},"modified":"2022-07-25T10:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:09:06","slug":"gps-can-request-goc-registrants-to-complete-dvla-questionnaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/gps-can-request-goc-registrants-to-complete-dvla-questionnaires\/","title":{"rendered":"GPs can request GOC registrants to complete DVLA questionnaires"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>GPs now able to request DVLA questionaires where appropriate from GOC Registrants\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the legislation now enacted GOC registrants will at the request of GPs\u00a0 will be able to complete DVLA medical questionnaires.<\/p>\n<p>As will other healthcare professionals,\u00a0 when a GP decides this would be appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The law change aims to speed up the medical licensing process and reduce the burden on GPs.<\/p>\n<p>DVLA will still send the medical forms to GMC doctors and consultants, notifying them when a driver declares a medical condition. However, doctors can now decide which healthcare professional in practice to refer it for completion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LegTitle\"><em>The Legislative Reform (Provision of Information etc. Relating to Disabilities) Order 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOC registrants will at the request of GPs\u00a0 will be able to complete DVLA medical questionnaires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28397,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2957],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vision-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GPs can request GOC registrants to complete DVLA questionnaires - My Local Optician<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After a recent change in the law GOC Registrants will now be able to assist GPs in DVLA work on their request\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/gps-can-request-goc-registrants-to-complete-dvla-questionnaires\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GPs can request GOC registrants to complete DVLA questionnaires - 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