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Taxi driver medical in Malvern Hills

Which doctor Malvern Hills 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 Malvern Hills’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Any registered doctor with your records

You are not tied to your own surgery, which usually means a shorter wait and a lower fee. The condition is the records: the doctor must have seen your full history, not just examined you on the day.

What Malvern Hills requires

“In addition any person renewing their licence for the first time after they reach the age of 45, 50, 55 or 60, must provide a copy of the Council's prescribed medical fitness certificate, which has been completed by a registered medical practitioner with access to their medical records and history”
How often: With your first application, then at the first renewal after you turn 45, 50, 55 and 60, and again from 65. The trigger is the first RENEWAL after each birthday, not the birthday itself
Form: The Council's own prescribed medical fitness certificate, completed by a registered medical practitioner with access to your records and history

View official source ↗ ⚑ Report a change

Taken from Malvern Hills District Council Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Policy, effective 18 March 2025 - sections 2.8 and 2.9. 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 Malvern Hills compares

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

Who may sign it elsewhere in West Midlands

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
Coventry	Any GMC-registered doctor
Dudley	Your own GP only
Sandwell	Any GMC-registered doctor
Solihull	Any GMC-registered doctor
Stoke-on-Trent	The council does not say
Walsall	Your own GP only
Wolverhampton	Any registered doctor with your records
Birmingham	The council does it themselves
Nuneaton and Bedworth	Any GMC-registered doctor
Shropshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Telford and Wrekin	Any registered doctor with your records
Warwick	Only a provider the council names

What it costs to be licensed in Malvern Hills

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

Every line above is taken from Malvern Hills’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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