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Taxi driver medical in Middlesbrough

Which doctor Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough’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 Middlesbrough requires

“The medical examination report must be submitted to Licensing no more than 28 days from date of signature. A report submitted after this period will be considered invalid”
How long it lasts: 28 days from date of signature - must reach Licensing within 28 days or it is invalid
How often: at 45, then every 5 years to 65, then annually
Form: council's own - 'Medical Examination Report' Group 2 form published by the council
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Taken from Medical Examination Report - Middlesbrough Council's own Group 2 medical form (notes pages). 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 Middlesbrough compares

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

Who may sign it elsewhere in North East

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
Durham	Any registered doctor with your records
Newcastle	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Gateshead	Any registered doctor with your records
North Tyneside	Any registered doctor with your records
Northumberland	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Stockton-on-Tees	Your own GP only
Sunderland	Any registered doctor with your records
Redcar and Cleveland	Any registered doctor with your records
Hartlepool	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Darlington	Any registered doctor with your records
South Tyneside	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Middlesbrough

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

Every line above is taken from Middlesbrough’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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