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Taxi driver medical in Blackburn with Darwen

Which doctor Blackburn with Darwen 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 Blackburn with Darwen’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Your own GP, or a doctor with your records

Your own practice is the straightforward route, but another doctor can do it if they have had full access to your medical history. Private clinics that request your records can qualify. One that examines you without them cannot.

What Blackburn with Darwen requires

“A Group 2 medical examination report is required for all new applicants for a hackney carriage or private hire vehicle licence”
How often: On first application, then valid up to your 45th birthday; 45 to 65, a new medical every 5 years; 65 and over, a new one every year
Form: The DVLA Group 2 (D4) medical assessment form. The examination includes a vision assessment - if your doctor cannot answer the vision questions, an optician or optometrist must fill that part in

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Taken from Medicals - how to get and submit your medical form. 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 Blackburn with Darwen compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Blackburn with Darwen is one of 61 that will take another doctor provided they have had your full records.

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
Hyndburn	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Chorley	Any registered doctor with your records
Bolton	Any GMC-registered doctor
Rossendale	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Bury	Any registered doctor with your records
Burnley	Your own GP only
South Ribble	Any registered doctor with your records
Preston	Any registered doctor with your records
Ribble Valley	Any registered doctor with your records
Pendle	Any registered doctor with your records
Wyre	Your own GP only
Fylde	The council does not say

What it costs to be licensed in Blackburn with Darwen

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

Every line above is taken from Blackburn with Darwen’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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