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Taxi driver medical in Telford and Wrekin

Which doctor Telford and Wrekin 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 Telford and Wrekin’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 Telford and Wrekin requires

“You may use any Medical Practice you choose provided that the doctor has sight of a summary of your medical records (you will need to obtain these from your registered medical practice and take them with you to your medical appointment)”
How often: At application, then again at every renewal - the medical certificate is renewed alongside the licence
Form: You do not collect the form. The council posts its medical forms directly to whichever medical practice you named on your application, within two working days of receiving it

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Taken from Dual driver information and application - Stage 3, Book a medical test. 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 Telford and Wrekin compares

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

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
Warwick	Only a provider the council names
Worcester	The council does not say

What it costs to be licensed in Telford and Wrekin

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

Every line above is taken from Telford and Wrekin’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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