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Taxi driver medical in Eastbourne

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

What Eastbourne requires

• “This requirement to produce a medical assessment applies to any applicant unless the applicant is the holder of a current passenger services vehicle or heavy goods vehicle licence and can provide proof of medical examination undertaken in the three months prior to the application being made”
• How often: 'at least every five years from the ages of 45 to 65 and after the age of 65 to provide an annual medical assessment'. Plus an annual eyesight test for drivers aged 60 to 65. No maximum driver age
• Form: Council's own 14-page 'Medical Report Associated with a Drivers Licence' (Eastbourne Borough Council version), not the DVLA D4. 'The prescribed form is available from the Council.'
• Possible exemption: YES - holders of a current PSV or HGV licence who can provide proof of a medical examination undertaken in the three months prior to the application are not required to produce a medical assessment

Taken from Taxi driver licence page (shared Lewes/Eastbourne page, but with separate Eastbourne Borough Council document set). 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 Eastbourne compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Eastbourne 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
Wealden	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Lewes	Any registered doctor with your records
Hastings	Any registered doctor with your records
Rother	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Brighton and Hove	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Tunbridge Wells	Your own GP only
Mid Sussex	Your own GP only
Adur	Your own GP only

What it costs to be licensed in Eastbourne

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

Every line above is taken from Eastbourne’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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