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Taxi driver medical in Hyndburn

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

Who can carry it out

Your own GP, or a doctor with your records

Your own practice is the straightforward route, but another doctor can do it if they have had full access to your medical history. Private clinics that request your records can qualify. One that examines you without them cannot.

What Hyndburn requires

“All medical checks must be carried out by:- the applicant's own GP; someone from the GP practice to which the applicant is registered; or an agent appointed by the GP; full access to the applicant's medical records must be available to the GP carrying out the check at all times and the medical records must be taken into account when carrying out the medical examination”
How long it lasts: Dated within 2 months of application - 'a full medical certificate in the prescribed form... (dated within 2 months of application)'. Tied to the application date, not the grant date, so no grant-date trap
How often: On first application and every 3 years thereafter; annually once the driver reaches the age of 65
Form: Council's own prescribed form ('a full medical certificate in the prescribed form'), supplied by the Licensing Department. Assessed to DVLA Group 2 standard
Possible exemption: Not stated - no HGV/PSV/PCV or DVLA Group 2 licence exemption is published

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Taken from Applying for a New Hackney Carriage, Private Hire or Joint Driver Licence. 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 Hyndburn compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Hyndburn is one of 61 that will take another doctor provided they have had your full records.

Who may sign it elsewhere in North West

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
Blackpool	Any GMC-registered doctor
Bolton	Any GMC-registered doctor
Cheshire West and Chester	Any registered doctor with your records
Liverpool	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Manchester	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Preston	Any registered doctor with your records
Salford	Any registered doctor with your records
Trafford	The council does not say
Wigan	Any GMC-registered doctor
Knowsley	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Lancaster	The council does not say
Oldham	Any registered doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Hyndburn

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

Every line above is taken from Hyndburn’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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