On 17 August 2026, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency said car and motorcycle licence holders could notify it of a wider range of medical conditions online. The agency said this route could cut up to 10 days from some application processing times compared with paper applications, and that in many cases it could take a first action, such as a referral to a healthcare professional, within 24 hours. It said more than 60,000 drivers had already used the service and that digital uptake had grown by almost 50% over the previous year.

According to the DVLA, drivers could use GOV.UK to check how around 1,600 medical conditions may affect their driving and, where required, notify the agency online. The service was described as available around the clock, with online progress tracking. Drivers with multiple medical conditions could renew a licence online for the first time, and medical licence holders could renew their photo in the same transaction.

The agency said further improvements planned for that year would extend online medical notifications to drivers renewing at age 70, first-time provisional applicants and customers whose licence was previously surrendered or revoked. It noted exceptionally high demand for applications from customers with medical conditions. Roads Minister Justin Madders and DVLA Chief Executive Tim Moss CBE both welcomed the service.