Medical Officer to The Queen
A Medical Officer to The King/Queen accompanies His/Her Majesty on overseas tour.
He is normally a senior Royal Navy surgeon. He is not, strictly, a member of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
During Royal Tours, he is described as "The Medical Officer to The King/Queen Abroad."
List of incumbents
- Surgeon Captain David Hett, MRCS LRCP FRCA Royal Navy 2007–
- Surgeon Captain David Swain, CVO MB ChB FFARCS DA DObst RCOG QHP Royal Navy 1993–2007
- Surgeon Captain Professor Sir Norman Blacklock, KCVO OBE MB ChB MSc FRCS Royal Navy 1976–1993
- Surgeon Commander Philip Fulford, MVO Royal Navy 1967–1977
- Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Derek Steele-Perkins, KCB KCVO FRACS DLO QHS c.1953–c.1963
- Surgeon Rear-Admiral Sir Henry White, KCVO OBE MB ChB MD FRCSEdin c.1920–c.1947
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