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Taxi driver medical in Spelthorne

Which doctor Spelthorne 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 Spelthorne’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 Spelthorne requires

“Applicants for a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driving Licence will be required to undertake a medical at the following times: on initial application every five years up to the age of 65, at the age of 65 medicals will be required annually without an upper age limit”
How often: On initial application, then every five years up to 65, then every year with no upper age limit
Form: The council's medical form. Diabetic applicants must also complete part 2 of it

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Taken from Taxi and private hire licensing - applicants, the Medicals 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 Spelthorne compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Spelthorne 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
Runnymede	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Elmbridge	Any registered doctor with your records
Slough	Any registered doctor with your records
Woking	Your own GP only
Epsom and Ewell	Your own GP only
Windsor and Maidenhead	Any GMC-registered doctor
Surrey Heath	The council does not say
Bracknell Forest	Any registered doctor with your records
Guildford	The council does not say
London (TfL)	Any registered doctor with your records
Reigate and Banstead	Your own GP only

What it costs to be licensed in Spelthorne

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

Every line above is taken from Spelthorne’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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