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Taxi driver medical in Fife

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

Who can carry it out

The council does it themselves

You do not arrange this with your GP at all. The council's own doctors carry out the examination, so the appointment comes through them and a medical you have already paid a GP for will not be accepted.

What Fife requires

“Applicants over the age of 70 years old, as well as those who declare on their application that they have a medical condition that may affect their driving, will be asked to attend a DVLA Group 2 medical assessment with the Council's Occupational Health Practitioners to confirm that they are medically fit to drive taxis/private hire cars”
How often: There is no routine medical for most drivers. You are only sent for one if you are over 70, or if you declare a medical condition on your application that may affect your driving
Form: No form to take to your own GP. The assessment is done by the Council's own Occupational Health Practitioners

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Taken from Taxi/Private Hire Drivers - Guidance and Conditions 2024 v2 (DOCX) - the Medical Information 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 Fife compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Fife is one of only 11 that carry the examination out in-house.

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
Dundee	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
East Lothian	Only a provider the council names
Edinburgh	The council does it themselves
Midlothian	Any GMC-registered doctor
Clackmannanshire	Any GMC-registered doctor
West Lothian	The council does it themselves
Angus	Any GMC-registered doctor
Falkirk	The council does it themselves
Perth and Kinross	The council does it themselves
Aberdeenshire	Any GMC-registered doctor
Aberdeen	The council does it themselves
Moray	The council does not say

What it costs to be licensed in Fife

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

Every line above is taken from Fife’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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