more than 200,000 people in the uk are waiting for medical assessments so that they can renew their driving licences. that's according to doctors' union, the bma. they say health issues could be missed or played down as drivers try to avoid the wait at their gp and turn to other medical practitioners, who don't have their full medical records. they're warning that road safety could be at risk and are calling for a "safety—first" approach from the government. the dvla say they're bringing in extra staff to help process applications. dr peter holden, from the bma, explains why they're so concerned... the first issue is there is a huge backlog which was foreseen many a year ago and not a lot has been about it by the government. the second issue is that at the moment a driver can go to any doctorfor the medical. now the government has said we're going to build back better after the pandemic, and what we're saying is there has always been this hole in driver licensing, and there have been well—publicised cases of people who have obtained a licence who shouldn't