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Transport on trains, planes, cars, taxis and minicabs, buses, coaches and wheelchairs for disabled people - Freedom Pass, Disabled Person's Railcard, concessionary bus pass and Shopmobility.
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Find out what you need to do if you鈥檙e driving and you have a medical鈥�
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Shopmobility lends wheelchairs and powered scooters to people who are鈥�
Volunteer for the Coastguard Rescue Service and help to carry out search and rescue along the UK shoreline.
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A list of doctors in the UK who can carry out ENG 1 medicals.
Information about who needs a seaman's discharge book and a British seaman's card
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Get a medical certificate to work at sea - ENG 1 or ML5 medical certificates, how much they cost, how to apply.
Application form for a UK Discharge Book and / or a British Seaman鈥檚 Card (MSF 4509).
Information on how to gain a UK CoC for working Deck and Engineering Officers working on board merchant vessels and yachts.
Information on how to revalidate a UK CoC (and UK GMDSS at the same time).
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