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Taxi driver medical in Sheffield

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

Who can carry it out

The council does not say

Nothing published says who may carry it out, and this is not a safe thing to assume. Ring them before you book and pay, because the councils either side of them may well have opposite rules.

What Sheffield requires

“new applicants who are applying for their first licence in Sheffield. These applicants may have licences with other Authorities, but the current policy of Sheffield City Council is that an applicant has to undertake all tests required by The Licensing Sub Committee, whether they are licensed elsewhere or not, and this includes the medical examination”
How long it lasts: 4 months from the date of examination / from the date the doctor, optician or optometrist signs it
How often: At 45, then every 5 years until 65, then annually
Form: D4 (a DVLA Group 2 medical form, referred to as 'the medical (D4) form', supplied in the council's medical pack with a Certificate of Medical Fitness)

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Taken from Sheffield City Council Taxi Driver Medicals - medical examination pack, 15 pages, November 2022 protocol for doctors + DVLA D4-style report + register of approved doctors (text extracted and read). 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 Sheffield compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Sheffield is one of 35 that publish nothing on who may carry it out.

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
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 East Lincolnshire	Your own GP only
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 Sheffield

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

Every line above is taken from Sheffield’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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