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Report your medical condition (form VOCH1)

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

• From: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Published: 1 April 2012
• Last updated: 10 August 2022 — See all updates

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VOCH1

Ref: VOCH1

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Use this form to report these medical conditions:

• angina
• heart attack (myocardial Infarction)
• acute coronary syndrome
• angioplasty/stent
• heart by-pass surgery (CABG)
• abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia)
• Brugada syndrome
• pacemaker
• defibrillator
• peripheral arterial vascular disease
• aortic aneurysm
• heart failure
• heart attacks
• heart murmurs
• heart transplant TIA/stroke
• balloon angioplasty (leg)
• cardiac problems
• carotid artery stenosis
• catheter ablation
• chronic aortic dissection
• congenital heart disease
• coronary artery bypass
• dilated cardiomyopathy
• heart palpitations
• hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• ischaemic heart disease
• left bundle branch block
• Long QT syndrome
• Marfan’s syndrome
• tachycardia
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• 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 1 April 2012
Last updated 10 August 2022 + show all updates

1. 10 August 2022

   Updated PDF.

2. 20 July 2022

   Updated PDF

3. 4 March 2020

   To add Brugada Syndrome and Long QT Syndrome to the list of medical conditions you need to report.

4. 28 January 2020

   Added translation

5. 22 May 2018

   PDF updated

6. 5 January 2018

   PDF updated.

7. 21 December 2017

   PDF updated as questions changed on questionnaire.

8. 1 April 2012

   First published.