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Taxi driver medical in Melton

Which doctor Melton 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 Melton’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 Melton requires

“A medical examination is required on the first licence application and then every 3 years from when first licensed and annually after the age of 65”
How often: On your first licence application, then every 3 years from when you were first licensed, and every year after 65
Form: The council's own Group 2 Standard Medical Assessment form, downloadable from the taxi licensing page

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Taken from Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2026 - section 4.22 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 Melton compares

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

Who may sign it elsewhere in East 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
Derby	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Nottingham	Only a provider the council names
Leicester	Your own GP only
Lincoln	Any registered doctor with your records
North Northamptonshire	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Chesterfield	Any GMC-registered doctor
Gedling	Only a provider the council names
Ashfield	Any registered doctor with your records
West Northamptonshire	The council does not say
East Lindsey	Any registered doctor with your records
Oadby and Wigston	Any registered doctor with your records
Rutland	Any GMC-registered doctor

What it costs to be licensed in Melton

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

Every line above is taken from Melton’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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