%0 Journal Article
%T Dizziness, driving, and the driver and vehicle licensing agency: audit of advice given to patients, and design of a patient information leaflet
%J Journal of laryngology and otology
%D 2019
%A Sinnott, J. D.
%A Mahoney, H.
%A Wilkinson, A. S.
%A Broomfield, S. J.
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X BACKGROUND: Evidence from the literature shows that clinicians' knowledge of rules and legislation surrounding driving can often be poor. A closed-loop audit was conducted to gauge the level of driving advice given to patients with dizziness. <br><br>METHODS: The clinical notes of 100 patients referred to the vertigo clinic at a tertiary referral centre were retrospectively searched for evidence of driving advice. Education sessions were undertaken and a patient information leaflet was developed before a second cycle of the audit. <br><br>RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The proportion of patients having documented evidence of receiving driving advice increased from 6.3 per cent to 10.4 per cent. It is therefore clear that, despite this improvement, a significant proportion of patients' notes did not contain documentation about driving. This is likely because of many reasons, including individual interpretation by clinicians. This paper provides a reminder of the rules, and discusses their interpretation and implementation in an increasingly medicolegal environment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 0022-2151
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022215119001713