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Taxi driver medical in Epsom and Ewell

Which doctor Epsom and Ewell 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 Epsom and Ewell’s answer and nobody else’s.

What Epsom and Ewell requires

• “A medical examination certificate will be valid for up to five years (unless the doctor recommends a more regular medical) for applicants up to the age of 65 years old. Drivers aged between 65 and 70 will be required to provide a medical certificate every two years and drivers over the age of 70 will be required to produce a medical certificate annually”
• How long it lasts: must be completed by your registered doctor less than 4 months before application (application checklist); the certificate then holds for up to five years per the policy
• How often: CONFLICTING - current web guidance: 'every 5 years from the age of 45' then annually over 65. Licensing policy Annexe 1: valid up to five years to age 65, every two years between 65 and 70, annually over 70
• Form: council's own - 'Medical examination report for a Group 2 (Hackney Carriage/Private Hire) licence', downloaded from the council website. Vision assessment may be done by an optician or optometrist
• Their own sources disagree on this. POLICY vs WEB PAGE CONFLICT on the age schedule (see frequency). On who may examine, both sources are restrictive: own registered GP, with another doctor only in exceptional cases approved by the Licensing, Grants & HIA Manager. The 4-month recency rule appears only on the applic Ring them before you book anything.

Taken from Apply for licence to drive private hire vehicles - current web guidance. 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 Epsom and Ewell compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Epsom and Ewell 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
Elmbridge	Any registered doctor with your records
Reigate and Banstead	Your own GP only
Mole Valley	Your own GP only
Spelthorne	Any registered doctor with your records
Tandridge	Your own GP only
Runnymede	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
London (TfL)	Any registered doctor with your records
Woking	Your own GP only
Crawley	Your own GP only

What it costs to be licensed in Epsom and Ewell

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

Every line above is taken from Epsom and Ewell’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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