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Taxi driver medical in Worcester

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

Who can carry it out

The council does not say

Nothing published says who may carry it out, and this is not a safe thing to assume. Ring them before you book and pay, because the councils either side of them may well have opposite rules.

What Worcester requires

“In addition any person renewing their licence for the first time after they reach the age of 45, 50, 55 or 60, must provide a copy of the Council's prescribed medical fitness certificate, which has been completed by medical practitioner”
How often: With your first application, then at the first renewal after you turn 45, 50, 55 and 60, and every year from 65. The trigger is the first RENEWAL after each birthday, not the birthday itself
Form: The Council's own prescribed medical fitness certificate

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Taken from Worcester City Council Taxi and Private Hire Licensing Policy, effective 11 July 2023 - sections 2.8 and 2.9. 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 Worcester compares

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

Who may sign it in nearby areas

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
Malvern Hills	Any registered doctor with your records
Wychavon	Any registered doctor with your records
Redditch	Only a provider the council names
Wyre Forest	Any registered doctor with your records
Bromsgrove	Any registered doctor with your records
Tewkesbury	Any registered doctor with your records
Cheltenham	Any registered doctor with your records
Dudley	Your own GP only
Herefordshire, County of	Any registered doctor with your records
Gloucester	Any GMC-registered doctor

What it costs to be licensed in Worcester

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

Every line above is taken from Worcester’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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