GP’s advice to elderly patient in fatal fitness-to-drive case ignored: coroner
A 90-year-old man who died after a car accident ignored his GP’s advice to undergo a driving assessment following a new AF diagnosis, a Victorian…
Tag: Fitness to drive
Assessing fitness to drive – what you need to know
In June 2021, the authors published a How to Treat article in Australian Doctor titled ‘Assessing fitness to drive’. Since then, the National Transport Commission…
Why aren’t more GPs using this? The amazing tool for screening older drivers
Since 2006, I have been using a psychological screening tool to help assess the likely cognitive competence in older drivers. It has given me confidence…
‘My patient tried to hit me with his cane’: GPs reveal fitness-to-drive tribulations
Most want clearer rules to avoid patient blame.
Can the GP fitness-to-drive headache be fixed? Take our survey
A Senate committee has called for a nationally consistent approach and more funding.
Coroner slams doctors over lack of driving discussion
The Queensland coroner found a GP and endocrinologist failed to properly assess a woman who died after crashing during a hypoglycaemic event.
How a changed will landed me in the Supreme Court
How does it feel to have your medical records come under the scrutiny of The Supreme Court? I suppose a civil matter is less onerous…
Is there any way to make fitness-to-drive assessments less fraught?
Dr Jane Lonie (PhD) specialises in the consults dreaded by GPs - capacity assessments.
Doctors’ Dilemmas: How I (might have) broken the law to stop an impaired driver
It's hard to ensure the safety of patients and the public when the wheels of the law turn so slowly - so this GP took matters into his own hands.
Cafe explosion deaths put fitness-to-drive rules under scrutiny again
A driver with a 10-year history of seizures was responsible for the disaster
