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Taxi driver medical in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Which doctor Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Your own GP only

Only the practice you are registered with can complete this one. You cannot shop around for a cheaper medical, and if your practice is slow to offer appointments that is the timetable you are stuck with, so book early.

What Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole requires

“we will expect licensed drivers to meet the medical Group 2 bus and lorry driver standards, in accordance with the most recent DVLA assessing fitness to drive guide for medical practitioners”
How often: On first application, then at ages 45, 50, 55, 60 and 65, and every year after that
Form: The council's medical examination report, to DVLA Group 2 bus and lorry driver standards

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Taken from Medical examination reports for taxi and private hire drivers. 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is one of 49 that will only accept your own registered practice, the narrowest option a council can pick.

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
Bath and North East Somerset	The council does not say
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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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

Every line above is taken from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’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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