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Taxi driver medical in West Berkshire

Which doctor West Berkshire 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 West Berkshire’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 West Berkshire requires

“Before a driver licence can be issued the following checks will be carried out to determine if you are a 'fit and proper' person to be issued with a licence: group 2 medical - with your GP or with Occupational Health”
How often: Required before a driver licence can be issued. West Berkshire publishes no age ladder or renewal interval on its driver licence page

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Taken from West Berkshire hackney carriage and private hire (dual) driver licence - the checks before a licence is issued. 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 West Berkshire compares

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

Who may sign it elsewhere in South East

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
Horsham	Any registered doctor with your records
Milton Keynes	Any GMC-registered doctor
Oxford	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Portsmouth	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Reading	Your own GP only
Brighton and Hove	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Buckinghamshire	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Crawley	Your own GP only
South Oxfordshire	Any registered doctor with your records
Lewes	Any registered doctor with your records
Slough	Any registered doctor with your records
New Forest	The council does not say

What it costs to be licensed in West Berkshire

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

Every line above is taken from West Berkshire’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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