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Taxi driver medical in East Dunbartonshire

Which doctor East Dunbartonshire 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 East Dunbartonshire’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 East Dunbartonshire requires

“Accordingly it is appropriate that drivers are required to meet DVLA Group 2 medical fitness to drive standards and any medical certification required to be produced by a driver by the Council to prove that driver’s fitness to drive must be to Group 2 standard”
How often: No routine medical examination is required at grant or renewal. You self-declare on the application form, and only a declared medical condition triggers a letter from your own GP; further checks follow only if that letter warrants them. The Council reserves the right to require medical certification, which must then be to Group 2 standard

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Taken from Taxi Driver's Licence Combined Conditions, Fitness Policies and S21 Guidance (1 October 2019) - the 'HEALTH OF DRIVERS' section setting the DVLA Group 2 standard. 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 East Dunbartonshire compares

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

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
Glasgow	Only a provider the council names
West Dunbartonshire	The council does not say
North Lanarkshire	The council does not say
Falkirk	The council does it themselves
Renfrewshire	The council does not say
East Renfrewshire	The council does not say
Stirling	Your own GP only
Inverclyde	The council does it themselves
Clackmannanshire	Any GMC-registered doctor
North Ayrshire	The council does not say
Perth and Kinross	The council does it themselves
Argyll and Bute	The council does it themselves

What it costs to be licensed in East Dunbartonshire

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

Every line above is taken from East Dunbartonshire’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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