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Taxi driver medical in Colchester

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

Who can carry it out

The council does not say

Nothing published says who may carry it out, and this is not a safe thing to assume. Ring them before you book and pay, because the councils either side of them may well have opposite rules.

What Colchester requires

“Group 2 medical examination: Download the Group 2 medical and fitness to drive form and take it to your medical provider”
Form: council's own ('Group 2 medical and fitness to drive form', headed MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE DRIVERS)

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Taken from Colchester City Council - Taxis and private hire driver licences (application page, Group 2 medical examination section). 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 Colchester compares

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

Who may sign it elsewhere in East of England

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
Cambridge	The council does not say
Luton	Your own GP only
Norwich	Any registered doctor with your records
Peterborough	Any GMC-registered doctor
Central Bedfordshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Huntingdonshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Bedford	Any GMC-registered doctor
Broadland	Any registered doctor with your records
West Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records
East Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records
Watford	Your own GP only
Castle Point	Only a provider the council names

What it costs to be licensed in Colchester

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

Every line above is taken from Colchester’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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