Does anyone have info?
After having a blood test in 2019 my ALT came back higher than it should be, I was sent for scan and told I had fatty liver, GP advised me to cut down drinking which I did. Go forward to Jan this year and I was banned with breath reading of 70 so under the HRO marker. My question is, would my Dr have informed the DVLA of my fatty liver diagnosis?
GGG
If this is your first ban and you blew 70, your GP will not need to be contacted at the end of your ban as you do not need to go through the medical saga.
In terms of the GP going out of his/her way to contact the DVLA - this seems unlikely if your fatty liver was diagnosed in 2019. If the GP was going to notify the DVLA, they would have done it at the time and you would have received some notification that the DVLA medical team were looking into your suitability to drive.
GP's tend to have different approaches to their work. One or two GP's are 'jobsworths' who will report you to the DVLA if anything minor comes to their attention (like saying you drink 20 units a week, instead of the recommended 14 units). In most cases, a sound GP will just make a judgement call as to whether their patient is a danger on the road.
If say you have simply had a unhealthy lifestyle, with too much drinking and fast food, the GP will merely add it to your patient notes and not take it further.
I visited my own GP surgery a handful of times between 2014 & 2018 for alcohol issues and at no time did the different GP's pursue the matter with the DVLA. They were more than within their right to do so, but they didn't. I was eventually potted for drink driving in 2019.
I don't think you have anything to worry about with your circumstances.
CJ
then they'll review it and I won't have to wait the 6 or 12 month's! They've cocked up by giving me my licence back before they got all the evidence that they needed!
