Doctors on Wheels is accused of operating an ‘utterly misleading and thoroughly dishonest system’
06:00, 24 Mar 2026
Andrew Eburne is accused of submitting false medical forms for people seeking bus, taxi and lorry licences(Image: Wales Online)
A Leicester firm allegedly carried out a bogus DVLA medical examination in the back of a van outside its own offices, a court has heard.
Doctors on Wheels Ltd, run by Andrew Eburne, 51, of Hill Rise, Hinckley, is accused of submitting false medical forms for people seeking bus, taxi and lorry licences.
A medical examination for a commercial driving licence was not carried out by a doctor as it should have been, Swansea Crown Court was told.
The medical form presented at the end of the medical bore a stamped signature of a qualified doctor but court was told the doctor in question played no part in the exam, reports WalesOnline.
Six employees of Doctors on Wheels Ltd – which provides examinations for drivers applying to the DVLA for lorry and bus licences – are on trial accused of operating an “utterly misleading and thoroughly dishonest system” and of “putting profit before safety”.
The defendants deny the allegation. The court heard evidence from Rhys Harries, head of trading standards at Swansea Council, who told the jury his department launched an investigation into Doctors on Wheels after being approached by the DVLA with concerns about the firm.
Andrew Eburne (left) and Adrian Mosescu (right)(Image: Wales Online)
He told the court his team booked appointments with the company at various locations around England in a “mystery shopper”-type operation on June 20, 2019, and said he attended one of the appointments – at the firm’s Leicester headquarters – himself.
The court heard the appointment had been booked for a colleague of Mr Harries who was unwell on the day so the witness attended, passing himself off as his colleague.
The witness told the court when he arrived for the medical, which was conducted in the back of a Doctors on Wheels van outside the firm’s offices, he was asked for ID but said he didn’t have any and the exam went ahead anyway.
The court heard Mr Harries had his blood pressure taken and his eyesight tested and was then asked a series of questions about his medical history. He told the court that at the end of the exam he was given a D4 form to send to the DVLA with his licence application which bore the stamped signature of one of the defendants, Dr Ronald James.
In response to questions from prosecution barrister Lee Reynolds the witness said at no time did he see or speak to Dr James and said he didn’t see any contact between the person doing the medical and the doctor.
Cristian Geru (left) and Ana-Maria Cazacu (right)(Image: Wales Online)
The witness told the jury he was given a D4 form with a Dr James’ signature stamped in the appropriate box but did not see the stamp being applied to the document while he was in the van.
The witness told the court that after his exam he and his colleagues from trading standards, along with police officers who had accompanied them, executed a search warrant at the Doctors on Wheels offices and seized documents and examined computers.
It is the prosecution case that medicals for commercial driving licence applications are required to be done by doctors and that the system being run Doctors on Wheels using “so-called nurses” to carry out the exams was “utterly misleading and thoroughly dishonest” and was “putting profit before safety”.
All six defendants deny participating in a fraudulent business practice:
Andrew Eburne, 51, of Hill Rise, Burbage, HinckleyAna-Maria Cazacu, 40, of Reynards Close, Winnersh, Wokingham, BerkshireCristian Geru, 35, of Mill Lane, Denton, Greater ManchesterRonald James, 52, of Childwall Green, Birkenhead, WirralRuth Platts, 58, of Beacon Road, LoughboroughAdrian Mosescu, 39, of Strada Rahoevi, Braila, Romania
The trial, which is expected to last four weeks, continues.
