thanks patrick sorry for the confusion --- i am not talking about renewal of licence i am looking at drivers who are being investigated, such as those who have had absence with chest pain or planning to return following surgery or having musculoskeletal absence. Currently i write to the GPs confirming the individual is fit to drive an LGV. this is not ideal as we all know how long we can wait for reports. i too will be looking at continuing using GP for licence renewals. i am searching for existing working policies ...its that wheel invention thing again. jacqui "Lorenzen, Patrick" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: The company I work for has a number of HGV drivers. I have only been here 7 months and I haven't seen routine checks on HGV drivers as a priority yet. Historically most drivers went to their GP for renewal of HGV licence although some saw our OH doctor. My experience is that a GP is better placed to perform the renewal since they should have the employee's previous medical records, and this will be the policy I will be pursuing. I would be interested to have a copy of your policy for loss of licence. This will potentially be an issue. While on the subject, if an HGV driver has a licence suspended due to a medical condition which is under investigation, would it normally mean they cannot drive a car or is this at the discretion of the Doctor/DVLC? Cheers Paddy Lorenzen Occupational Health Manager -----Original Message----- From: Jacqui Livock [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 12 May 2004 21:55 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: LGV drivers hi all i work in a company which has recently 'encompassed' a distribution company. does anyone have any policies etc on LGV drivers either pre employment or following absence they wish to share, currently the company has a policy in place for 'loss of licence'. currently i have to rely on GP's identifying that a person is fit to drive LGV's and i wondered if that was common throughout OH. jacqui --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives