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Taxi driver medical in Glasgow

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

Who can carry it out

Only a provider the council names

The council will not accept a certificate from a doctor of your choosing. Use the provider they name, or you will have paid for a medical twice.

What Glasgow requires

“If the Council has a concern regarding your fitness to drive, we will normally ask you to undergo a medical examination at this stage”
How often: There is no routine medical ladder. You are referred for a Group 2 medical only if the council has a concern about your fitness to drive, if an annual medical was made a condition of your licence when it was granted, if you tell them your health has changed, or when you turn 65 during the licence
Form: No form to take to your own GP. PAM post you a questionnaire with your appointment details, and you hand it in on the day

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Taken from Guidance for Taxi Driver and Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - what happens after the 28 day consultation. 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 Glasgow compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Glasgow is one of only 23 that insist on a provider of their own choosing.

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
East Dunbartonshire	Your own GP only
North Lanarkshire	The council does not say
East Renfrewshire	The council does not say
Renfrewshire	The council does not say
West Dunbartonshire	The council does not say
Falkirk	The council does it themselves
Inverclyde	The council does it themselves
North Ayrshire	The council does not say
Clackmannanshire	Any GMC-registered doctor
East Ayrshire	The council does not say
Argyll and Bute	The council does it themselves
Dumfries and Galloway	The council does it themselves

What it costs to be licensed in Glasgow

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

Every line above is taken from Glasgow’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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