South West · driver medicals

Taxi driver medical in Bath and North East Somerset

Which doctor Bath and North East Somerset 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 Bath and North East Somerset’s answer and nobody else’s.

What Bath and North East Somerset requires

• “If you want to apply to be a hackney carriage/private hire driver, you must meet all of the following criteria: Be at least 21 years old Have held a full driving licence for a minimum of three years Be able to meet the Group 2 (Vocational Driver) Medical Requirements”
• How often: A Medical Certificate is required with the application, and meeting the Group 2 (Vocational Driver) medical requirements is an eligibility condition. Licences run three years and every B&NES licence expires on 28 February whatever month you applied. The council publishes no age ladder or renewal medical interval on its driver pages - ring licensing
• Form: A Medical Certificate on the council's Medical Form for a Group 2 Licence. B&NES does not say on this page who may complete it, so confirm with licensing before booking

Taken from Apply for a taxi driver's licence - Eligibility, Details you must provide, Fees and charges, and Duration. 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 Bath and North East Somerset compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Bath and North East Somerset is one of 35 that publish nothing on who may carry it out.

Who may sign it elsewhere in South West

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
Bristol	Any registered doctor with your records
Exeter	Only a provider the council names
Plymouth	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Your own GP only
Cornwall	Any registered doctor with your records
Dorset	Any registered doctor with your records
Gloucester	Any GMC-registered doctor
Swindon	Any registered doctor with your records
Torbay	Any registered doctor with your records
Tewkesbury	Any registered doctor with your records
North Somerset	Any GMC-registered doctor
Teignbridge	Any registered doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Bath and North East Somerset

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

Every line above is taken from Bath and North East Somerset’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.

← Medical rules for every UK licensing area