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Driving and dementia – useful organisations
Here you will find a list of other useful organisations that may offer more information about driving and dementia.
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Driving and dementia factsheet
Useful organisations
Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA)
Driver Licensing Enquiries
County Hall
Castlerock Road
Waterside
Coleraine BT51 3TB
Telephone
0300 200 7861 (9am–5pm Monday–Friday)
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/information-and-services/motoring.htm
DVA manages the licensing and testing of vehicles and drivers in Northern Ireland.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Drivers’ medical enquiries
DVLA
Swansea SA99 1TU
Telephone
0300 790 6806 (8am–5.30pm Monday–Friday, 8am–1pm Saturday)
Website
www.gov.uk/contact-the-dvla
DVLA is the government agency that looks after the database of drivers in Great Britain, and a database of vehicles in the UK. Their medical questionnaire ‘Form CG1’ is on their website.
Driving Mobility centres
A network of driving assessment centres across the UK.
Enter your postcode to find a centre near you at: www.drivingmobility.org.uk/find-a-centre/
Belfast (including satellite centres at Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Downpatrick, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Londonderry, Newry and Omagh)
The Northern Ireland Mobility Centre (NIMC)
Disability Action
Portside Business Park
189 Airport Road
Belfast BT3 9ED
Telephone
028 9029 7877
Email
www.disabilityaction.org
Website
[email protected]
Birmingham (including satellite centres at Accrington, Aylesbury, Cannock, Hull, Leamington Spa, Leicester, Manchester, Northampton, Oxford, Scunthorpe, Staffordshire, Shrewsbury, Willenhall and Worcester)
Regional Driving Assessment Centre
Patricks Farm
Meriden Road
Hampton in Arden B92 0LT
Telephone
0300 300 2240
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.rdac.org.uk/services
Bodelwyddan (incorporating a satellite centre at Newtown, Powys
North Wales Mobility and Driving Assessment Service
Disability Resources Centre
Glan Clwyd Hospital
Bodelwyddan
Denbighshire LL18 5UJ
Telephone
01745 584858
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.wmdas.co.uk
Bristol (incorporating satellite centres at Weymouth and Yeovil)
Driving and Mobility Centre (West of England) CIC
The Vassall Centre
Gill Avenue
Fishponds
Bristol BS16 2QQ
(or BS16 2NB if using sat nav)
Telephone
0117 965 9353
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.drivingandmobility.org
Cardiff (incorporating a satellite centre at Pembroke Dock)
South Wales Mobility and Driving Assessment Service
Rookwood Hospital
Fairwater Road
Llandaff
Cardiff CF5 2YN
Telephone
029 20 55 5130
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.wmdas.co.uk
Carshalton (including satellite centres at Leatherhead and Worthing
QEF Mobility Services
1 Metcalfe Avenue
Carshalton
Surrey SM5 4AW
(or SM5 4NR if using sat nav)
Telephone
020 8770 1151
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.qef.org.uk
Chester
Chester DriveAbility
Off Mannings Lane (North)
Chester CH2 1PR
(or CH2 4EU if using sat nav)
All post should be sent c/o Bodelwyddan
Telephone
01745 584858
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.wmdas.co.uk
Derby (including satellite centres at Newark and Stoke-on-Trent)
Derby DrivAbility
Kingsway
Derby DE22 3LZ
Telephone
01332 371929
Email
dhft.driving@ nhs.net
Website
www.uhdb.nhs.uk/service-drivability
Hull
c/o Regional Driving Assessment Centre, Birmingham
Leeds (incorporating a satellite centre at York)
William Merritt Disabled Living Centre
Aire House
100 Town Road
Rodley
Leeds LS13 1HP
Telephone
0113 350 8989
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.wmdlc.org
Maidstone (including satellite centres at Canterbury, Greenhithe-Swanscombe, Uckfield and Westham)
South East DriveAbility
The First Floor
Aylesford Logistics Centre
Bellingham Way
Aylesford
Kent ME20 6XS
Telephone
0300 0134 886
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/southeast-driveability
Manchester
c/o Regional Driving Assessment Centre, Birmingham
Newcastle upon Tyne (incorporating a satellite centre at Penrith, Cumbria)
North East Drive Mobility
Walkergate Park Centre for Neuro-rehabilitation and Neuro-psychiatry
Benfield Road
Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 4QD
Telephone
0191 287 5090
Email
[email protected]
Oxford
c/o Regional Driving Assessment Centre, Birmingham
Sheffield
William Merritt Centre Sheffield
SOAR Works Enterprise Centre
14 Knutton Road
Parsons Cross
Sheffield S5 9NU
Telephone
0114 303 9030
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.wmdlc.org
Southampton (including satellite centres at Basingstoke, Ferndown, Newport (Isle of Wight) and Salisbury)
Wessex DriveAbility
Leornain House
Kent Road
Portswood
Southampton SO17 2LJ
Telephone
023 8055 4100
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.wessexdriveability.org.uk
St Helens (including satellite centres at Leyland, North Liverpool)
The North West Driving Assessment Service (formerly Wrightington Mobility Centre)
Fleet House
Pye Close
Haydock
St Helens
Lancs WA11 9SJ
Telephone
01942 483713
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.nwdas.nhs.uk
Thetford (including satellite centres at Campsea Ashe, Chelmsford, Colchester, King’s Lynn – South Wootton, Lowestoft, MS Therapy Centre Norwich, Peterborough and Spalding
East Anglian DriveAbility
2 Napier Place
Thetford
Norfolk IP24 3RL
Telephone
01842 753029
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.eastangliandriveability.org.uk
Truro (incorporating satellite centres at Exeter, Plymouth and Holsworthy, Devon
Cornwall Mobility
North Buildings
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro
Cornwall TR1 3LJ
Telephone
01872 254920
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.cornwallmobility.co.uk/how-we-help/our-assessment-services/
Welwyn Garden City (including satellite centres at Dunstable, Harlow and South Oxhey)
Hertfordshire Action on Disability Mobility Centre
The Woodside Centre
The Commons
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire AL7 4DD
Telephone
01707 384263
Email
[email protected]
Website
hertsability.org.uk
Review information
Last reviewed: August 2020
Next review due: August 2023
Our information is based on evidence and need, and is regularly updated using quality-controlled processes. It is reviewed by experts in health and social care and people affected by dementia.
Reviewed by: Dr Paul Donaghy, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Gateshead Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Intermediate Clinical Fellow, Newcastle University
To give feedback on this information, or for a list of sources, please contact [email protected]
