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Taxi driver medical in Worthing

Which doctor Worthing 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 Worthing’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 Worthing requires

“You will also need: a medical examination pass the 'knowledge' test pass a driving assessment A licence will only be issued if you have met all the requirements”
How often: A medical examination is required as part of a new or renewal application. Worthing publishes no age ladder, interval or shelf life on its driver pages

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Taken from Licensing new drivers or renew existing licence - what you need. 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 Worthing compares

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

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 Worthing

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

Every line above is taken from Worthing’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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