Taxi Medical
Taxi Medical Near Me - From Only £49.99
Looking for a taxi medical near me? Simply Medicals is the leading provider of taxi driver medicals from only £49.99 with a free re-test if needed. We carry out taxi medicals for all UK councils including Wolverhampton, Wychavon, Solihull, Dudley, Sandwell, South Gloucestershire and Walsall.
Our taxi medicals are carried out by GMC-registered doctors at over 22 locations across the UK. Same day appointments available 7 days a week. Whether you need a private hire medical or hackney carriage medical, we have you covered. Book your taxi medical near you online or call 0808 188 9112.
Please bring along the following to your medical:
- The glasses or contact lenses you wear when driving
- Your glasses prescription
- Your repeat prescription of any medications you are taking
- Photo ID (such as a passport or driver’s licence)
- Your application form and medical questionnaire from the relevant council
- Utility bill or bank statement (electronic copy okay)
- For the following councils we need your medical history too. These include Wolverhampton (full medical records), Shropshire, Wychavon, Walsall and Worcester. Click here to find out more information.
Book at one of our 27 UK test centres
We have taxi medical locations across the West Midlands, Bristol, Oxford, Warwick and many more areas across England and Wales. Find a taxi medical near me by using our simple online booking form to check availability and pay online. Alternatively, call us on 0808 188 9112 to speak to our friendly team who can help you book your appointment.
Requesting your medical records from your GP
Most councils need you to provide some sort of medical records. Wolverhampton taxi drivers need their full medical history. Please be mindful this can take up to 28 days. The GP has a legal obligation to provide these records within 28 days as per GDPR regulations.
For the full list of the council requirements click here. It is the drivers responsibility to provide the medical records to the requirement of the council. Please double check your medical form which will tell you if you need to provide full medical records or a GP summary or if medical records are not required.
Below are templates for you to use to help you request your medical records.
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
This is a list of all the council’s medical records requirements:
Amber Valley Borough Council
• Bring full medical records
Ashfield
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: Bring a photocopy of your driving licence; it must be signed, dated, and stamped by the doctor.
Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire)
• Bring full medical records
Banbury
• GP Summary or NHS app
Basingstoke Council
• Bring full medical records
• Please bring a urine sample with you in a clean container
Bassetlaw District Council
• Bring full medical records
• Note: Can only be done at Peter Smythe, Sutton on Ashfield (need to call them to book)
Bath and North East Somerset
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Bedfordshire
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Birmingham
• Not available -We are unable to do
Bolsover (North East Derbyshire)
• Bring full medical records
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Boston
• Bring full medical records
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Braintree
• No medical records required
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Brentwood Council
• No medical records required
Bridgend
• Bring full medical records
• Note: This has to be done by your GP. We can only do it if the council refers you
Bristol
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Broadland District Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Bromsgrove
• No medical records required
Broxtowe
• We are unable to do
Buckinghamshire Council (Aylesbury Vale)
• Bring full medical records
Burton on Trent (East Staffordshire)
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Caerphilly County Borough Council
• Bring full medical records
Cambridgeshire (East)
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Cambridgeshire (South)
• Bring full medical records
Cannock Chase
• We are unable to do
Cardiff Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Carmarthenshire County Council
• We are not able to do this.
Chelmsford Council
• No medical records required
Cheltenham
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Cherwell
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Cheshire East
• Bring full medical records
Cheshire West
• Bring full medical records
Chester Council
• Bring full medical records
Chesterfield Borough Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Colchester
• No medical records required
Cotswold District Council
• Bring full medical records
Coventry Council
• Bring full medical records
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Derby City Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Derby South
• No medical records required
Didcot Council
• Bring full medical records
Dudley
• No medical records required
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form. Do not have it posted to us, please get the form by hand from the Council. Please contact our admin team to get the details of the doctor, you will need this when requesting your medical form from the council.
East Cambridgeshire Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
East Staffordshire Borough Council (Burton)
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
East Suffolk
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Epsom and Ewell
• Bring full medical records
Erewash
• We are not able to do this council
Fareham Borough Council
• Bring full medical records
Flintshire Council
• Bring full medical records
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Gloucester City
• Bring full medical records
• Please bring a urine sample with you
Gloucester South
• No medical records required
Great Yarmouth Council
• No medical records required
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Guildford Borough Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Gwynedd (Wales)
• Bring full medical records
Herefordshire
• Bring full medical records
Hertsmere
• Bring full medical records
Huntingdonshire
• Bring full medical records
Ipswich
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Knowsley
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Proof of address – Utility bill or bank statement (can be electronic copy)
Leicestershire
• We are unable to do
Lewes Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Lichfield
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Lincoln Council
• Bring full medical records
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Luton Council
• Bring full medical records
Maldon
• No medical records required
Malvern Hills
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Mansfield
• Bring full medical records
Mendip Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Merthyr Tydfil
• We are unable to do
Milton Keynes
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Neath Port Talbot
• Bring full medical records
New Forest
• Bring full medical records
• Note: Must be done by your own GP unless they cannot do it.
Newark
• We are unable to do this
Newbury Council
• Bring full medical records
Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Bring full medical records
Newcastle upon Tyne
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Newport Council
• We are unable to do
North Hertfordshire Council
• No medical records required
North Northamptonshire
• Bring full medical records
North Somerset
• No medical records required
North West Leicestershire
• No medical records required
Northamptonshire (West)
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Norwich City Council
• Bring full medical records
Nottingham City Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Nuneaton
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Oadby & Wigston Borough
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Oxford
• Bring full medical records
PCO / TFL / London
• Bring full medical records
Peterborough
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Plymouth
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Portsmouth
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Reading
• No medical records required
Redditch
• We are unable to do
Reigate & Banstead Borough
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Rhondda Cynon Taf (Wales)
• Bring full medical records
Runnymede
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Rutland
• No medical records required
Sandwell
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Proof of address – Utility bill or bank statement (electronic copy is okay)
Sedgemore
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Sefton
• Bring full medical records
Shropshire
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: If you take blood pressure medication, bring three home blood pressure readings taken on three different dates.
Solihull
• No medical records required
• Proof of address – Utility bill or bank statement (electronic copy is okay)
Somerset and West Taunton Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Somerset South
• No medical records required
South Cambridgeshire
• Bring full medical records
South Derbyshire
• No medical records required
South Gloucestershire
• No medical records required
South Oxfordshire
• Bring full medical records
South Somerset
• No medical records required
Southampton
• We are unable to do this
St Albans
• No medical records required
Stevenage Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
St Helens Borough
• Bring full medical records
Stoke-on-Trent
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Stratford-upon-Avon
• No medical records required
• Note: Bring a urine sample for glucose.
Stroud
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Suffolk East
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Suffolk West
• Bring full medical records
Swansea
• Bring full medical records
Swindon
• Bring full medical records
Tamworth
• No medical records required
Telford & Wrekin
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: The council emails forms to our admin please call admin on the day before to ensure we have received your medical forms.
Tendring District
• No medical records required
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Test Valley Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Tewkesbury
• No medical records required
Torfaen County Borough Council
• Bring full medical records
Uttlesford
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Vale of Glamorgan
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
Vale of White Horse
• Bring full medical records
Walsall
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
• Note: The council must refer you to us; please bring the council’s email confirming you can attend Simply Medicals.
Warwick
• Bring full medical records
West Berkshire
• Bring full medical records
West Cheshire
• Bring full medical records
West Northamptonshire
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
West Oxfordshire
• Bring full medical records
• Note: Medical form not available online — the council will provide your medical form.
West Suffolk Council
• Bring full medical records
Wiltshire
• Bring full medical records
Winchester Council
• Bring full medical records
Windsor and Maidenhead
• No medical records required
Wirral Council
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Wolverhampton
• Bring full medical records
• Proof of address – Utility bill or bank statement (electronic copy is okay)
Worcester / Worcestershire County
• Bring full medical records
• Please note: The receptionist at your GP needs to sign Part C on the form to say they gave you the medical records.
Wrexham
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Wychavon
• Bring GP summary or unlocked NHS App
Wyre Forest
• No medical records required
The Councils we cannot do are:
• Birmingham
• Broxtowe
• Cannock Chase
• Carmarthenshire County Council
• Erewash
• Leicestershire
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Newark
• Newport Council
• Southampton Council
• Redditch
List updated 24.5.26 – The above list is a guide from the current medical forms. These are subject to change if the council decides to.
At Simply Medicals, we offer medicals at several locations across the West Midlands. We have offices in West Bromwich, Willenhall, Garretts Green and Droitwich.
Simply Medicals is the leading provider of Wolverhampton Medicals throughout the West Midlands.
Simply Medicals, the leading provider of Wolverhampton medicals charge £49.99 when booked online. The medical costs £55 if booked over the phone.
The following councils require you to have your GP medical summary. Wolverhampton, Walsall, Wychavon, Wyre Forest, Transport for London (Full medical records) and Worcester council.
Simply Medicals, is approved by TFL to do the PCO licence medical. We need to have access to your medical records in order to conduct this medical.
The doctor will check your eye sight, height / weight, blood pressure, listen to your heart for murmurs and conduct other examinations if you have medical problems. They will then go through your entire medical history to ensure you are fit to drive.
You have your initial medical. The next one is at the age of 45. It is then every 5 years until the age of 65. Afterwhich, it is annually. The doctor may request an early medical if you have certain medical conditions e.g. heart attacks.
The Wolverhampton medical is a simple medical which takes around 15 minutes.
You will get your certificate on the day, if you are fit to drive.
Simply Medicals has conducted medicals for; Wolverhampton Medical, Wychavon Medical, Solihull Medical, Dudley Council Taxi Medical, Walsall, Gloucester, Stroud, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, PCO medical, Worcester Council Medical and Wyre Forest Medical.
Not many people fail the Taxi Medical. However, if you have a condition or fail your medical due to blood pressure or your eye sight, Simply Medicals provides a free re-test. We will tell you how to fix it if possible and will do another re-test for free!