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Taxi driver medical in Walsall

Which doctor Walsall 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 Walsall’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 Walsall requires

“The licence holder will submit to a medical examination every 5 years. On attaining the age of 65 years the medical examination will be required annually. The licence holder on completion of the examination will submit to the Licensing Office the completed forms. The medical examination must be completed by the driver's own GP”
How often: every 5 years; annually from age 65
Form: council's own

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Taken from Private Hire And Hackney Carriage Information And Licence Conditions - driver licence conditions, medical at cond 1.20 (p30) and in the grant conditions (p11). 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 Walsall compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Walsall 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 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
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
Worcester	The council does not say

What it costs to be licensed in Walsall

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

Every line above is taken from Walsall’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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