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Taxi driver medical in Vale of Glamorgan

Which doctor Vale of Glamorgan 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 Vale of Glamorgan’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 Vale of Glamorgan requires

“Produce a medical certificate (required if applying for the first time, after their 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th or 65th birthday, then annually after age 65) signed by a registered general practitioner to the effect that you are physically fit to be a driver of a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Vehicle”
How often: First application, then after your 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th and 65th birthdays, and annually from 65. That is a five-yearly ladder from 45 rather than a single check at 45
Form: A medical certificate signed by a registered general practitioner confirming you are physically fit to drive a hackney carriage or private hire vehicle

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Taken from Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Driver Application Form - the medical certificate requirement and the full age ladder. 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 Vale of Glamorgan compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Vale of Glamorgan 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 Wales

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
Cardiff	The council does not say
Conwy	Any registered doctor with your records
Denbighshire	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Newport	Your own GP only
Swansea	Any registered doctor with your records
Wrexham	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Powys	Any registered doctor with your records
Gwynedd	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Rhondda Cynon Taf	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Caerphilly	Your own GP only
Pembrokeshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Carmarthenshire	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Vale of Glamorgan

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

Every line above is taken from Vale of Glamorgan’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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