East of England · driver medicals

Taxi driver medical in Peterborough

Which doctor Peterborough 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 Peterborough’s answer and nobody else’s.

What Peterborough requires

• “Applicants must meet the Group 2 medical standards defined by DVLA in order to satisfy the Council as to their physical fitness to act as a licensed driver of either a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Vehicle”
• How long it lasts: 4 months (no older than four months at the time of submission with the application)
• Form: council's own (Peterborough driver medical form)

Taken from Driver medical form (council's own Group 2 form) - current version linked from the 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 Peterborough compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Peterborough is one of 31 that let any GMC-registered doctor sign it, which is the easiest and usually the cheapest position to be in.

Who may sign it elsewhere in East of England

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
Cambridge	The council does not say
Luton	Your own GP only
Norwich	Any registered doctor with your records
Central Bedfordshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Huntingdonshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Bedford	Any GMC-registered doctor
Broadland	Any registered doctor with your records
West Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records
Colchester	The council does not say
East Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records
Watford	Your own GP only
Castle Point	Only a provider the council names

What it costs to be licensed in Peterborough

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

Every line above is taken from Peterborough’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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