Hi All,
Newbie on here, please help if you can!
I am about to arrange a medical to get my D4 signed and HGV provisional licence sorted.
I have had hypertension (high blood pressure) for years, I am on medication and my BP is well within the allowed limits.
Trying to work out how the admin side of this works, firstly with needing to give the name & address of my consultant (haven’t seen one for 9 years and he’s retired now!), and secondly needing to gives 3 previous BP readings.
I wanted to go to one of the cheap specialist HGV medical providers, not pay about £130 to my own GP. If I get some previous BP readings from my medical records can I just tell them to the doctor doing my HGV medical? Or will I have keep going back to the HGV medic (and paying for the privilege) for several appointments just to build up a history of 3 readings? All sounds very tedious and time consuming.
Also do I need to do a separate D4/medical (and pay again!) if I want to get a PCV provisional at the same time as my HGV one?!
Thanks a lot,
Womble.
One medical covers you for both Category C (lorry over 7.5 tonnes) and Category D (bus and coach over 16 passenger seats).
Make sure that you tick both the C and D Category boxes on the provisional licence application form. You could also tick the C1 and D1 Category boxes, although this isn’t necessary.
There’s no need to pay more than £50 for a medical.
I can’t see why you would need three blood pressure tests. Is this something that DVLA has said you must do?
Surely, once a doctor fills in the medical form for you, you can send it off for your provisional licence?
Thanks, the form asks for 3 previous BP readings if you’re on BP medication.
I just don’t want to go to my £50 medical and get told I have to come back. I’ll get my own GP surgery to give me some past BP readings so I can pass them on at the medical then I’ll see what happens.
Na they’ll take the reading from the cheep Dr and the fact your on meds (problem 10mg ramapril) you disclose your Dr’s details and that’s it no problem.
Excellent and yes it is 10mg Ramipril 
wombleofwimbledon:
Excellent and yes it is 10mg Ramipril
Same as me fella don’t worry, if they want any other info they’ll contact your gp
You will need 3 previous readings. You can take them yourself or get a pharmacist to take them. Take a note of the reading and the date and take them with you. This will mean that time is not wasted waiting for correspondence between dvla and your doctor.
Okay that’s useful thanks, I might see if the GP receptionists can just give me some old readings. I presume the DVLA ideally want at least a few months between readings, not a few days or weeks.
There is no time stipulation for the readings