I was indeed at work at the time. The loss of earnings will be the easy bit, it’s trying to put a monetary figure on the stress and depression issues their rulings caused.
I will look into the insurance thing.
Quinny, I had a fall and suffered a couple of fractures on my skull and some internal bleeding around the brain. Luckily I was only in hospital for a week and then four months later was given the all clear by my neuro consultant.
2 weeks later the DMG, (inept idiots that they are) decided they disagreed with the neuro consultant and overruled his decision. In their ‘expert’ (a contradiction in terms) opinion I was a seizure risk, this is when the real battle began. Worth noting, I still to this day have never had a seizure in my life!!!
Just so your mate knows what he could be up against when dealing with the antiquated faceless idiots that are the DMG here are a few things I have learned.
The DMG meet twice annually and are mainly made up of retired and semi retired experts in various medical fields. During my battle in those 3 years, not 1 of these experts specific fields was in neurology.
Also once the meeting is finished they will not make any final decisions on what has been discussed, instead they make guidelines that they then pass to the medical doctors at the DMG/DVLA to make the final rulings. Worth noting that these doctors are at GP level, not specific in any relevant medical field.
Your friend will never be able to talk directly to any of these so called experts, only a medical professional representing your friend can.
The DMG also refuse to communicate via phone and email, you have to correspond with them via letter and the postal service. On average they take 4 weeks to reply. May sound like i’m exaggerating here, but there are a fair few on trucknet that have had similar issues.
Sadly i’m Only just scratching the surface here, the DMG/DVLA are a disgrace, luckily this has been proven and is now in black and white in the PHSO report. It’s s long report, but I would highly recommend your friend had a tead.
I honestly understand his pain and frustration, I was also a proud man, who had paid all of his taxes, but when I had my accident it counted for nothing. I only ever got SSP, the government and benefits agency said I wasn’t entitled to a penny. Bit by bit, the DVLA/DMG slowly destroyed me, both financially and emotionally the strain it can put you through is unreal. I sold anything decent I once owned just to get by and you lose your self worth, at times I even questioned why I was here and carrying on, that’s how dark it can get.
Still to this day I have a deep inside hatred of those responsible, especially those at the DMG. Oliver Morley the lemon in charge of the DVLA, the Minister of Transport and the DMG will all tell you that they have taken note of the PHSO report and are working at addressing the issues raised. I very much have my doubts.
If you locked me in a room with them to discuss their failings, i’d only be leaving that room in handcuffs.
Tell your mate to keep records of everything, dates times, names, etc, etc.
I luckily did and it has been very handy for both myself and the guy st the I C A.
All I want now is what i’m owed back.
I don’t know who was first but I’ll change mine as I’ve had it a while 
Yeah, so have I 
