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DVLA rules do not set a fixed legal waiting time after knee surgery; drivers should be free of sedative medication, able to control the vehicle and must notify DVLA only if they remain unable to drive...
UK guidance on driving after knee replacement sets both legal and practical tests: you must notify the DVLA only if you are still unable to drive three months after the operation (or if a persistent m...
NHS guidance and UK clinician summaries say people can often resume driving sooner after a partial (unicompartmental) knee replacement than after a total knee replacement — commonly around 3 weeks for...
Knee surgery — including total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or fitting of a knee prosthesis — does not automatically trigger a DVLA notification in routine cases, but there is a clear legal duty to tell th...
NHS guidance says you should not drive after an arthroscopy of a leg “until you have recovered from the effects of surgery,” a period that “can take from around a week to several months” . The DVLA re...
Insurance policies generally do not set fixed rules about when a person may resume driving after knee replacement and typically defer to the treating surgeon or transport regulator for fitness-to-driv...