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Taxi driver medical in Redcar and Cleveland

Which doctor Redcar and Cleveland 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 Redcar and Cleveland’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Any registered doctor with your records

You are not tied to your own surgery, which usually means a shorter wait and a lower fee. The condition is the records: the doctor must have seen your full history, not just examined you on the day.

What Redcar and Cleveland requires

“When applying for a new licence, you must ask your doctor, or a medical practitioner that has access to your medical records, to complete our Medical form”
How often: On a new licence, then at 45 and every 5 years to 65, then every year
Form: The council's own Medical form / Driver medical examination report

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Taken from Taxi drivers - the Medical certificate section. 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 Redcar and Cleveland compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Redcar and Cleveland is one of 105 taking that line, which is the most common arrangement in the country.

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
Middlesbrough	Your own GP, or a 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
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 Redcar and Cleveland

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

Every line above is taken from Redcar and Cleveland’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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