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Taxi driver medical in West Northamptonshire

Which doctor West Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire’s answer and nobody else’s.

What West Northamptonshire requires

• “The Medical Practitioner who conducted this medical assessment examination must be a qualified GP and may, with reasonable notice, be required to support their medical judgement by giving evidence during appeal proceedings in the Magistrates' or Crown Court”
• How long it lasts: 4 months from the date of examination
• How often: Before a first licence, then 3-yearly up to age 65, and annually thereafter. The examining GP may also set an earlier date for the next medical, which overrides the 3-year default
• Form: council's own (West Northamptonshire Council Taxi & Private Hire Driver's Medical Certificate Assessment, 2 pages, under DVLA Group 2 Medical Standards)
• Worth double-checking: 3-yearly from the outset is stricter than most councils, which only start repeat medicals at 45. Two other traps: the examining GP can write in an earlier re-examination date that then binds, and West Northamptonshire will NOT accept a phot

Taken from Taxi & Private Hire Driver's Medical Certificate Assessment (under DVLA Group 2 Medical Standards), 2 pages - Notes for Taxi Medical Examination Board Members & General Practitioners on page 2 (downloaded and text extracted). 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 Northamptonshire compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, West Northamptonshire is one of 35 that publish nothing on who may carry it out.

Who may sign it elsewhere in East 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
Derby	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Nottingham	Only a provider the council names
Leicester	Your own GP only
Lincoln	Any registered doctor with your records
North Northamptonshire	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Chesterfield	Any GMC-registered doctor
Gedling	Only a provider the council names
Ashfield	Any registered doctor with your records
East Lindsey	Any registered doctor with your records
Oadby and Wigston	Any registered doctor with your records
Rutland	Any GMC-registered doctor
Rushcliffe	Only a provider the council names

What it costs to be licensed in West Northamptonshire

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

Every line above is taken from West Northamptonshire’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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