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Taxi driver medical in Cheshire West and Chester

Which doctor Cheshire West and Chester 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 Cheshire West and Chester’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Any registered doctor with your records

You are not tied to your own surgery, which usually means a shorter wait and a lower fee. The condition is the records: the doctor must have seen your full history, not just examined you on the day.

What Cheshire West and Chester requires

“Applicants must be declared medically fit to hold a licensed driver's badge using Group 2 DVLA medical fitness to drive standards”
How often: medical before first grant; from 45 every six years; from 65 every year (under 45 none required after the initial one)
Form: council's own medical assessment form
Their own sources disagree on this. TWO COUNCIL WORDINGS DISAGREE on who may do it. The apply/renew page says 'Your GP or another doctor with access to your full medical records', which is the more permissive and appears to be current. Elsewhere the council text says 'The examination must be performed by your own G Ring them before you book anything.

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Taken from Apply to become a licensed driver or renew your existing licensed driver badge. 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 Cheshire West and Chester compares

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

Who may sign it elsewhere in North 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
Blackpool	Any GMC-registered doctor
Bolton	Any GMC-registered doctor
Liverpool	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Manchester	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Preston	Any registered doctor with your records
Salford	Any registered doctor with your records
Trafford	The council does not say
Wigan	Any GMC-registered doctor
Knowsley	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Lancaster	The council does not say
Oldham	Any registered doctor with your records
Rochdale	Any registered doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Cheshire West and Chester

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

Every line above is taken from Cheshire West and Chester’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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