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Taxi driver medical in Bridgend

Which doctor Bridgend 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 Bridgend’s answer and nobody else’s.

What Bridgend requires

• “Applicants must be examined and certified as being medically fit by Their own General Practitioner in the practice with which they are registered or an alternative general practitioner or by a company that employs registered general practitioners providing they have access to the applicant's full medical records and must take into account the applicant's medical history”
• How often: On grant, then on the first renewal after age 45, then every five years between 45 and 65, and every year after 65
• Form: Council's own 'Medical Certificate - Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Drivers' (Word .docx, last updated 22/08/2024), not the DVLA D4. Must be signed and surgery-stamped or it will be rejected; the doctor must give a GMC registration number

Taken from Taxi licence page - driver application pack. 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 Bridgend compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Bridgend is one of 105 taking that line, which is the most common arrangement in the country.

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
Neath Port Talbot	Any registered doctor with your records
Rhondda Cynon Taf	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Vale of Glamorgan	Your own GP only
Swansea	Any registered doctor with your records
Merthyr Tydfil	Your own GP only
Cardiff	The council does not say
Caerphilly	Your own GP only
Blaenau Gwent	Your own GP only
Carmarthenshire	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
North Devon	Your own GP only
Pembrokeshire	Any registered doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Bridgend

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

Every line above is taken from Bridgend’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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