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Taxi driver medical in Wigan

Which doctor Wigan 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 Wigan’s answer and nobody else’s.

Who can carry it out

Any GMC-registered doctor

The most relaxed category there is. Any doctor on the GMC register can sign it, so a private medical centre is generally faster and cheaper than waiting for a GP appointment.

What Wigan requires

“An approved provider is D4Drivers, who offer a choice of 85 locations across the UK, with appointments available on evenings and weekends to suit. A full medical including eye test is carried out for approximately £55 and details can be found at: https://d4drivers.uk/”
How long it lasts: 4 months from the date of the examination
Form: council's own - 'Wigan council taxi medical form' (Medical Examination Report PDF on wigan.gov.uk)

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Taken from PH/HC Driver Guidance Notes (March 2021), note 5 'Evidence of Medical Fitness'. 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 Wigan compares

Of the 315 UK licensing areas checked so far, Wigan is one of 31 that let any GMC-registered doctor sign it, which is the easiest and usually the cheapest position to be in.

Who may sign it elsewhere in North West

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
Blackpool	Any GMC-registered doctor
Bolton	Any GMC-registered doctor
Cheshire West and Chester	Any registered doctor with your records
Liverpool	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Manchester	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Preston	Any registered doctor with your records
Salford	Any registered doctor with your records
Trafford	The council does not say
Knowsley	Your own GP, or a doctor with your records
Lancaster	The council does not say
Oldham	Any registered doctor with your records
Rochdale	Any registered doctor with your records

What it costs to be licensed in Wigan

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

Every line above is taken from Wigan’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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