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Taxi driver medical in Salford

Which doctor Salford 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 Salford’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 Salford requires

“If your doctor is not available, you may arrange for another doctor or a third party medical supplier to complete this, as long as they have access to your medical records”
Form: council's own - a downloadable medical certificate form, with a separate version for a third party provider

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Taken from Apply for or renew a Hackney carriage or private hire driver licence - Salford City Council. 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 Salford compares

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

Who may sign it elsewhere in North West

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
Blackpool	Any GMC-registered doctor
Bolton	Any GMC-registered doctor
Cheshire West and Chester	Any registered doctor with your records
Liverpool	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Manchester	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Preston	Any registered doctor with your records
Trafford	The council does not say
Wigan	Any GMC-registered doctor
Knowsley	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Lancaster	The council does not say
Oldham	Any registered doctor with your records
Rochdale	Any registered doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Salford

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

Every line above is taken from Salford’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.

← Medical rules for every UK licensing area