As a licensed private hire or hackney carriage driver, you will need to have good physical and mental health. This is because you are:
- driving for longer than most other road users
- helping disabled passengers
- handling heavy luggage
- working long hours
To make sure that you can do these things, you will need to pass a DVLA Group 2 Medical Fitness examination when you first apply to be a licensed driver.
About medical assessments
Group 2 Medical Fitness examinations will focus on:
- neurological (brain and nerves) disorders
- cardiovascular (heart and blood vessels) disorders
- diabetes
- mental health
- drug or alcohol misuse
- visual (eyesight) disorders
- renal (kidney, ureters and urethra) disorders
- respiratory (breathing) disorders
- any other conditions
If at any time we have any concerns about your health, we may ask you to take a further medical examination.
You must also email taxilicensing@sheffield.gov.uk or telephone 0114 273 4264 if there are any changes to your health that might affect your ability to drive.
Medical assessments by age
If you are 45 years of age or older, you will need to take a medical examination every 5 years.
If you are 65 years of age or older, you will need to take a medical examination every year.
Where recommended by the GP, you may be required to a take medical examination, or other medical tests, on a more frequent basis.
How to apply
You can get your medical assessment form from us, and it needs to be completed either by your doctor or one recommended by us.
Returning your assessment
Once you have had your medical assessment, you need to return both the medical assessment pack and certificate of fitness to us.
Take clear photos of all pages and email it to taxilicensing@sheffield.gov.uk.
Post
You can post the medical to Licensing Service Block C, Staniforth Road Depot, Staniforth Road Sheffield S9 3HD. We would advise that you send this by recorded delivery so that it can be tracked by you.
In-person
We have a post box on site where you can drop the medical pack off. You should take clear images of the document in case it doesn’t get to us.