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Taxi driver medical in Horsham

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

What Horsham requires

• “The assessment must be carried out either by the applicant's General Practitioner or by a suitably qualified GMB registered medical practitioner who has access to the applicant's medical records and approved by the Council”
• How long it lasts: 3 months - the certificate must be less than 3 months old when you provide it
• How often: On every new application, then every 5 years up to 65, then every year. The examining practitioner can require more frequent checks
• Form: The council's own medical form, sent in the application pack or obtainable from the council

Taken from Taxi and private hire licensing policy and guidance - Medical assessment. 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 Horsham compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Horsham is one of 105 taking that line, which is the most common arrangement in the country.

Who may sign it elsewhere in South East

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
Milton Keynes	Any GMC-registered doctor
Oxford	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Portsmouth	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Reading	Your own GP only
Brighton and Hove	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Buckinghamshire	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Crawley	Your own GP only
South Oxfordshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Lewes	Any registered doctor with your records
Slough	Any registered doctor with your records
New Forest	The council does not say
Thanet	The council does not say

What it costs to be licensed in Horsham

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

Every line above is taken from Horsham’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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