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Taxi driver medical in North East Lincolnshire

Which doctor North East Lincolnshire 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 North East Lincolnshire’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Your own GP only

Only the practice you are registered with can complete this one. You cannot shop around for a cheaper medical, and if your practice is slow to offer appointments that is the timetable you are stuck with, so book early.

What North East Lincolnshire requires

“Once the Medical and Application Form has been completed contact the Hackney Carriage office to make an appointment to bring in the relevant documents”
How often: on application, then age 45 and every 5 years thereafter (45, 50, 55, 60) until 65, then annually
Form: council's own (a Medical Certificate is included with the Application Form)

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Taken from NELC - Taxi and private hire vehicles (driver application page). 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 North East Lincolnshire compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, North East Lincolnshire is one of 49 that will only accept your own registered practice, the narrowest option a council can pick.

Who may sign it elsewhere in Yorkshire and the Humber

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
Bradford	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Hull	Any GMC-registered doctor
Kirklees	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Leeds	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Sheffield	The council does not say
York	Any registered doctor with your records
Calderdale	Your own GP only
Rotherham	Your own GP only
Wakefield	Any registered doctor with your records
North Yorkshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Barnsley	Any GMC-registered doctor
East Riding of Yorkshire	Your own GP only

What it costs to be licensed in North East Lincolnshire

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

Every line above is taken from North East Lincolnshire’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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