DIABETES

Stricter rules for self-monitoring diabetes by holders of PCV and LGV driving licences have come into force – but the change has not been publicised by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).

Up to now, the rules have stated that a professional driver on the sulphonylurea or the glinide group of tablets must check their blood glucose levels with a finger prick test at least twice a day and at times relevant to driving.

But when the diabetes expert doctors met at DVLA in March they changed the rules in the interests of road safety.

They now require people on these tablets to do a finger prick test to check their sugar level “no more than two hours before the start of the first journey and every two hours while driving.”

Surprisingly, the DVLA has not updated the D4 medical form to keep it up to date with the new rules.