A Medical Officer to The King (or Medical Officer to The Queen) is a health overseer that accompanies the monarch on overseas tours.
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 officers +PositionNameHonorary titlesYears of serviceReferenceSurgeon CaptainDavid HettCVO, MRCS, RCP, FRCA2007–2023Surgeon CaptainDavid SwainCVO, ChB, FFARCS, DObst RCOG, QHP1993–2007Surgeon CaptainNorman BlacklockKCVO, OBE, ChB, FRCS1976–1993Surgeon CommanderPhilip FulfordMVO1967–1977Surgeon Vice-AdmiralSir Derek Steele-PerkinsKCB, KCVO, FRACS, QHSSurgeon Rear-AdmiralSir Henry WhiteKCVO, OBE, ChB, FRCSEdin
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