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Taxi driver medical in Na h-Eileanan Siar

Which doctor Na h-Eileanan Siar 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar’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 Na h-Eileanan Siar requires

“Where an applicant or licence holder is over the age of 65 or where they have indicated to the Comhairle that they suffer from any physical or mental condition that affects their fitness as a driver”
How often: No routine medical while you are under 65 and well. You are required to attend an examination at your medical practice if you are over 65, or if you have told the Comhairle about a physical or mental condition that affects your fitness to drive or might do in future
Form: No council form to download - the report comes from your medical practice, and it must contain the exact wording certifying you meet DVLA Group 2 medical standards for driving, or the licence will not be issued

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Taken from Taxi/Private Hire Car Drivers application pack - question 7, 'Will I need a medical certificate?'. 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar compares

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

Who may sign it elsewhere in Scotland

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
Dundee	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Edinburgh	The council does it themselves
Aberdeen	The council does it themselves
Falkirk	The council does it themselves
Highland	The council does it themselves
North Lanarkshire	The council does not say
Renfrewshire	The council does not say
West Lothian	The council does it themselves
South Lanarkshire	The council does not say
Fife	The council does it themselves
Glasgow	Only a provider the council names
Dumfries and Galloway	The council does it themselves

What it costs to be licensed in Na h-Eileanan Siar

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

Every line above is taken from Na h-Eileanan Siar’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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