Medical Household

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The Medical Household is the medical part of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

It mainly comprises a range of Physicians and Surgeons to the Sovereign and to the Royal Household. None have more than a nominal or occasional role, although the Apothecaries to the Household at Windsor and London hold daily surgeries, and other apothecaries receive smaller salaries and all others receive only an honorarium.

The Coroner to the King/Queen's household investigates deaths within royal residences, but also conducted the inquiry into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

There are currently two Physicians to the Queen, a Serjeant Surgeon, a , , , , , , , , , Apothecary to the Household at Windsor, Apothecary to the Household, Apothecary to the Household at Sandringham, Coroner of the Queen's Household.

A Medical Officer to the Queen accompanies Her Majesty on overseas tours. They are normally a senior Royal Navy surgeon.

Honorary positions[]

Additionally, honorary physicians and surgeons are appointed from the British Armed Forces and in the Commonwealth.

These titles are shared with those held by functioning Physician to the Queen:

• Queen's Honorary Surgeon (QHS)
• Queen's Honorary Dental Surgeon (QHDS)
• Queen's Honorary Physician (QHP)
• Queen's Honorary Nursing Sister (QHNS)
• Queen's Honorary Physicians (Civil) (QHPC)

List of Heads of the Medical Household[]

The Head of the Medical Household was first appointed in 1973.^{[citation needed]}

• 1973–1981: Sir Richard Bayliss, KCVO MD FRCP MRCS
• 1981–1989: Sir John Batten, KCVO MD FRCP
• 1989–1993: Sir Anthony Dawson, KCVO MD FRCP^[1]
• 1993–2005: Sir Richard Thompson, KCVO DM PRCP
• 2005–2014: Professor Sir John Cunningham, KCVO BM BCh MA DM FRCP
• 2014–present: Professor Sir Huw Thomas, KCVO MBBS, MA, PhD

References[]

External links[]

• 1982 History of Queen Victoria's Medical Household