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23 Feb 2008 8:55 PM Alert 

 can any one give me any info ,regarding medicals our council have just adopted the group 2 medical for our drivers, now the cost varies at dif medical pratices depending wich medical pratice  your with bearing in mind the practices are only miles appart 6 or 7 at the most, with cost starting about 80 going to the highest at 160 pound now obviously this is causing some concern since some members are paying more than others for a medical, the council say we have to have a medical done by our own doctor because they have our records, is this law, i know the obvious answer is to transfer to the cheaper practices but this is not allways possible, what im asking is, are the council right to say we cant use another doctor for a medical, and is there any law that says we have to, replys welcome please


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23 Feb 2008 9:03 PM Alert 
if any body has any info, or knows of any law that says we can have a medical at any other doctors can you please document it for me, got a meeting nex week with the liccensing department and it would realy be usefull to wipe the smile off there face

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23 Feb 2008 9:31 PM Alert 
Hi Mr Fox,

Sadley you could be fighting a losing battle. Check this out mate

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/medical/taxi.aspx

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23 Feb 2008 10:10 PM Alert 
How much did it used to cost for a medical ?

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24 Feb 2008 5:30 PM Alert 

thanks for the info mick, think that clarifies the situation, 


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24 Feb 2008 5:33 PM Alert 

we used to pay anything between 65 to 70 pound bandit it varies , but the class 2 medical can be very exspensive


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24 Feb 2008 7:36 PM Alert 
I have recently had to have a DVLA class 2 medical .................... and my doctor charged me the same as I had paid for every other "council wrote" medical form I had done previously.

The fees for medicals should be the same, and they should be conducted by your own doctor so that immediate access to your medical records will not cause further charges.

I know the fees do vary, but its greedy doctors rather than the councils that should be brought to account.

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24 Feb 2008 11:04 PM Alert 
hi there, i have just had mine done about a week ago and it cost me £70, and it took a whole of about 10 minutes to go through and the form was signed.
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25 Feb 2008 5:49 PM Alert 
Bheart In London GPs try to charge what they like. i paid £60 however the BMA have a scale of relevant charges!


The PCO tried to initiate a scheme with a private medical services provider, not surpisingly it collapsed, the strangest thing about that was that the PCO suspected some GPs would be lenient with their patients!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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