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Taxi driver medical in Maidstone

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

Who can carry it out

Your own GP only

Only the practice you are registered with can complete this one. You cannot shop around for a cheaper medical, and if your practice is slow to offer appointments that is the timetable you are stuck with, so book early.

What Maidstone requires

“To make an appointment for the medical examination you must contact your own GP but in circumstances where your GP is not able to offer this service, then a Doctor listed under the British Medical Association (BMA) may be used instead”
How often: On first application and again on renewal. No age ladder is published - the medical goes with the renewal rather than kicking in at 45 or 65
Form: The Licensing Partnership's Confidential Medical Report. Book with your OWN GP; only if your GP will not offer the service may you use a doctor listed under the British Medical Association instead

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Taken from The Licensing Partnership Confidential Medical Report - notes for applicants and the medical-history requirement by council. 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 Maidstone compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Maidstone 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
Swale	Any registered doctor with your records
Tonbridge and Malling	The council does not say
Tunbridge Wells	Your own GP only
Ashford	Any GMC-registered doctor
Gravesham	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Medway	Any registered doctor with your records
Sevenoaks	Any registered doctor with your records
Rother	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Folkestone and Hythe	Any registered doctor with your records
Canterbury	Any registered doctor with your records
Hastings	Any registered doctor with your records
Dover	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Maidstone

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

Every line above is taken from Maidstone’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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