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Taxi driver medical in South Cambridgeshire

Which doctor South Cambridgeshire 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 South Cambridgeshire’s answer and nobody else’s.

What South Cambridgeshire requires

• “A Group 2 medical assessment and medical form [PDF, 10MB] which must be completed by a registered medical practitioner who has access to the applicant’s full medical records (for example, own GP) and licensed to practice in the UK”
• This council's own wording on how long it lasts is contradictory: CONFLICT. The council's driver page says the medical assessment must be no older than THREE months when you submit your application. The DVLA D4 report bound into the council's own combined medical form says on its face that it is valid for FOUR months from the date of examination. Work to the council's three months - it is the shorter, and it is the council that grants the licence Ring them before you book.
• How often: Required as evidence of medical fitness with a driver licence application. South Cambridgeshire publishes no age ladder or renewal interval on its driver licence page - ring licensing before assuming
• Form: SCDC's combined medical certificate - the council's own cover certificate bound together with the DVLA Group 2 (D4) report. It must be completed by a registered medical practitioner licensed to practise in the UK who has access to your FULL medical records, for example your own GP
• Their own sources disagree on this. The council states flatly that it 'will not accept any medical conducted in the absence of the individual's full medical history', and the examining doctor has to tick a box confirming they had access to your full records - so a walk-in clinic that cannot see your notes is no goo Ring them before you book anything.

Taken from Private Hire or Hackney Carriage Driver licence - the required documents, including evidence of medical fitness to drive. 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 South Cambridgeshire compares

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

Who may sign it in nearby areas

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
Uttlesford	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
North Hertfordshire	Any registered doctor with your records
East Hertfordshire	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Stevenage	Your own GP only
East Cambridgeshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Huntingdonshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Harlow	Any GMC-registered doctor
Bedford	Any GMC-registered doctor
West Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in South Cambridgeshire

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

Every line above is taken from South Cambridgeshire’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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