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Taxi driver medical in Bassetlaw

Which doctor Bassetlaw will accept, how often you have to repeat it and which form they want. Councils disagree with each other on every one of those, so this is Bassetlaw’s answer and nobody else’s.

What Bassetlaw requires

• “A medical to Group 2 standards will be required on first application and then every five years from the age of 45. On reaching the age of 65 a medical will be required annually”
• How often: First application, then every five years from the age of 45, then annually on reaching 65. The council can also demand a medical at any time during the licence. Where a full Group 2 medical is not due at renewal, the driver must instead submit a self-medical certificate. Driver licences run up to three years
• Form: The council's own forms, obtained from the Licensing Department - "contact the Council to obtain the forms ... which they need to have completed by the doctor at the appointment". There is no downloadable medical form on the website
• Possible exemption: Not published. No HGV/PSV/PCV or Group 2 licence exemption from the medical anywhere in the policy. NOTE the one exemption that does exist is for the DRIVING TEST, not the medical: applicants holding a valid Driver CPC card are exempt from the practical taxi driving test. Do not read that across to the medical

Taken from Hackney carriage and private hire policy, Appendix A - Application procedure (the binding medical paragraph, last updated 10 June 2024). Rules change and councils rewrite their pages without notice, so confirm before you book and pay. If something here is wrong please say and I will check it against the council and fix it.

How Bassetlaw compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Bassetlaw is one of only 23 that insist on a provider of their own choosing.

Who may sign it in nearby areas

Neighbouring authorities do not follow each other on this, and a certificate accepted in one is regularly refused in the next. Check the area whose badge you actually hold.

Licensing area	Who can carry out the medical
Rotherham	Your own GP only
Bolsover	Your own GP only
Mansfield	Only a provider the council names
Newark and Sherwood	Only a provider the council names
Chesterfield	Any GMC-registered doctor
West Lindsey	Any registered doctor with your records
Lincoln	Any registered doctor with your records
Ashfield	Any registered doctor with your records
North East Lincolnshire	Your own GP only
East Riding of Yorkshire	Your own GP only
Hull	Any GMC-registered doctor

What it costs to be licensed in Bassetlaw

The medical is one bill among several. See what Bassetlaw charges for the driver, vehicle and operator licences, taken from the same published sources.

Every line above is taken from Bassetlaw’s own published guidance and read by hand against that source. Nothing here is from trade press, a forum or an estimate. This is not medical or legal advice.

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