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TheMedical Household is the medical part of theRoyal Household of theSovereign of theUnited Kingdom.
Current roles include a Personal Doctor to the King and Queen, Physician to the King, a Serjeant Surgeon, Apothecaries to the King, Occulist to the King, Dentist to the King, Orthopaedic Surgeon to the King and Surgeon Gynaecologist to the Queen.
There are also a number of appointments of physicians and surgeons to other members of the Royal Household. These include Apothecaries to all the Royal Households at Buckingham Palace, Windsor, Sandringham, Balmoral, Palace of Holyrood and Highgrove. A travelling physician accompanies Their Majesties on overseas tours.
Medical arrangements at Buckingham Palace are overseen by a Chief Nursing Officer.
Parity of respect is an important principle underlying the Household's work, with GPs, specialists, nurses and allied professionals working as equals within an integrated team.
Eminentphysicians andsurgeons may be appointed to honorary positions in the Medical Household from theBritish Armed Forces and in theCommonwealth.
With a ruling King, these titles are shared with those held by functioningPhysician to the King:
With a Queen-Regnant, these titles are shared with those held by functioningPhysician to the Queen:
The Head of the Medical Household was first appointed in 1973.[citation needed]
