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Taxi driver medical in Staffordshire Moorlands

Which doctor Staffordshire Moorlands 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 Staffordshire Moorlands’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Your own GP, or a doctor with your records

Your own practice is the straightforward route, but another doctor can do it if they have had full access to your medical history. Private clinics that request your records can qualify. One that examines you without them cannot.

What Staffordshire Moorlands requires

“We strongly suggest you get this completed last to avoid needing a further test if you encounter any delays”
How long it lasts: 3 months - the form must be dated within 3 months of the date you make your application
How often: Every 3 years, and every year once you are over 65. There is no under-45 exemption - the three-year cycle starts straight away
Form: The council's own Driver Medical Form, completed by your GP or a nominated medical professional

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Taken from Apply for a driver's licence - the Driver Medical Form and the 3-month rule. 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 Staffordshire Moorlands compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Staffordshire Moorlands is one of 61 that will take another doctor provided they have had your full records.

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 Staffordshire Moorlands

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

Every line above is taken from Staffordshire Moorlands’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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