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Taxi driver medical in Stafford

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

Who can carry it out

Only a provider the council names

The council will not accept a certificate from a doctor of your choosing. Use the provider they name, or you will have paid for a medical twice.

What Stafford requires

“Applicants must arrange the medical with the Council's approved medical examiner via the Occupational Health Unit at Cannock Chase Hospital”
How often: On your first application. From 65 an enhanced regime applies - a medical every 12 months, even though the licence still runs three years
Form: No form for your own GP. You must book with the Council's approved medical examiner through the Occupational Health Unit at Cannock Chase Hospital

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Taken from Taxi Licensing Policy and Licence Conditions 2025-2030 - paras 6.6 and 6.7, Medical Examination. 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 Stafford compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Stafford is one of only 23 that insist on a provider of their own choosing.

Who may sign it elsewhere in West Midlands

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
Coventry	Any GMC-registered doctor
Dudley	Your own GP only
Sandwell	Any GMC-registered doctor
Solihull	Any GMC-registered doctor
Stoke-on-Trent	The council does not say
Walsall	Your own GP only
Wolverhampton	Any registered doctor with your records
Birmingham	The council does it themselves
Nuneaton and Bedworth	Any GMC-registered doctor
Shropshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Telford and Wrekin	Any registered doctor with your records
Warwick	Only a provider the council names

What it costs to be licensed in Stafford

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

Every line above is taken from Stafford’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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