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Taxi driver medical in Mid Suffolk

Which doctor Mid Suffolk 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 Mid Suffolk’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 Mid Suffolk requires

“The frequency of medical examinaƟons is aligned with Group 2 standards, whereby upon iniƟal applicaƟon a medical examinaƟon on the speciﬁed D4 form is required, then every 3 years the driver must complete a further medical examinaƟon unƟl the age of 65”
How often: On first application, then every 3 years until 65, and every year once you turn 65. A short cycle - there is no under-45 exemption here
Form: The DVLA D4 form. The medical can be done by your own GP or by D4Drivers

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Taken from Babergh and Mid Suffolk Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy, effective 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2029 - section 6, Driver Medicals. 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 Mid Suffolk compares

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

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
Babergh	Only a provider the council names
East Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records
West Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records
South Norfolk	Any registered doctor with your records
Tendring	The council does not say
Colchester	The council does not say
Breckland	Only a provider the council names
Norwich	Any registered doctor with your records
Broadland	Any registered doctor with your records
Great Yarmouth	Any GMC-registered doctor
North Norfolk	Any GMC-registered doctor

What it costs to be licensed in Mid Suffolk

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

Every line above is taken from Mid Suffolk’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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