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Taxi driver medical in St Albans

Which doctor St Albans 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 St Albans’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Your own GP only

Only the practice you are registered with can complete this one. You cannot shop around for a cheaper medical, and if your practice is slow to offer appointments that is the timetable you are stuck with, so book early.

What St Albans requires

“A medical certificate must be submitted at first application, every 6 years up to 60 years of age, every 3 years up to 70 years of age, and annually thereafter on the anniversary of the grant of the most recent licence”
How long it lasts: 6 months
How often: THREE TIERS, which is unusual: at first application, then every 6 years up to 60, then every 3 years up to 70, then annually on the anniversary of your most recent licence grant
Form: The group 2 medical form found in the application pack, taken to your own GP

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Taken from Hackney carriage and private hire driver licences - the Medical 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 St Albans compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, St Albans is one of 49 that will only accept your own registered practice, the narrowest option a council can pick.

Who may sign it elsewhere in East of England

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
Luton	Your own GP only
Norwich	Any registered doctor with your records
Peterborough	Any GMC-registered doctor
Central Bedfordshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Huntingdonshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Bedford	Any GMC-registered doctor
Broadland	Any registered doctor with your records
West Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records
Colchester	The council does not say
East Suffolk	Any registered doctor with your records
Watford	Your own GP only

What it costs to be licensed in St Albans

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

Every line above is taken from St Albans’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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