Royal Navy Medical Service

Medical Service for the Royal Navy

Royal Navy Medical Service

Active| 1832 – present
(Current Structure Adopted in 1917)
Country|  United Kingdom
Branch| Royal Navy
Role| Medicine
Website| Royal Navy Medical Service
Commanders
Medical Director General (Naval)| Commodore Alison Hofman
Commodore-in-Chief| Queen Camilla
Insignia
White Ensign
(1801–present)|
Naval jack|
Red Cross emblem|

Military unit

His Majesty's
Naval Service
of the British Armed Forces
Components

* Royal Navy

* Surface Fleet
* Fleet Air Arm
* Submarine Service
* Royal Naval Reserve
* Royal Navy Medical Service
* Nursing Service (QARNNS)
* Chaplaincy
* Royal Navy Police

* Royal Marines

* Royal Marines Reserve
* Royal Marines Band Service
* Equipment
* Uniforms

* Special Forces

* Special Boat Service

* Naval Careers Service

History and future

* before 1707 / after 1707 / future

* History of the Royal Marines

* Coloured squadrons
* Customs and traditions
* Flag officer command flags

Operations

* Current deployments
* Naval parties
* Shore establishments

Equipment

* Current fleet
* Historic ships
* Equipment

Personnel

* The Admiralty
* Senior officers
* Uniforms
* Officer / ratings rank insignia

Auxiliary services

* Royal Fleet Auxiliary
* Marine Services

* v
* t
* e

The Royal Navy Medical Service (RNMS), also termed the Royal Naval Medical Service [1] is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for providing 'comprehensive healthcare to ships, submarines and Royal Marine personnel at sea and on land'. It includes within its remit of responsibility Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service.

The Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service, also holds the position of 'Head of Navy Healthcare' in Navy Command Headquarters [1] and the present incumbent is Commodore Alison Hofman.[2]

## History

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The history of the service can be traced back to 1692 when treatment for sick and wounded naval personnel was administered by the Commissioners of the Sick and Hurt Board (a subsidiary body of the Navy Board) until 1806, when medical officers of the Royal Navy had been under the direction of the Transport Board. In 1817 the Transport Board was merged with the Navy Board, and responsibility for medical officers passed to the Victualling Board.

In 1832 the Navy Board and the Victualling Board were both abolished (following recommendations by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir James Graham). At the same time, Sir William Burnett (who had served as one of the medical commissioners on the Victualling Board since 1822)[3] was appointed Physician-General of the Navy;[4] as such he had charge of the navy medical department and reported directly to the Board of Admiralty.[5] The title of his post was changed to Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets in 1841,[4] and was again changed in 1844 to Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy. In 1917 following further re-structuring within the Admiralty Department it became known as the Royal Navy Medical Service headed by Medical Director General of the Navy, also known as the Medical Director General (Naval) (which was the official title by the start of the 21st century).

The Medical Department of the Navy was initially, like its predecessor the Sick and Hurt Board, based in Somerset House.[6] In the 1860s, along with the other Civil Departments of the Admiralty, it was removed from Somerset House to Spring Gardens (where the Admiralty Extension now stands);[7] in 1879 the offices of the director-general were located at 9 New Street, Spring Gardens, London. The director-general was at this time under the direction of the Junior Naval Lord.[8]

In the early 1960s, with the establishment of the Ministry of Defence in place of the Admiralty, the Medical Director General and his staff moved into the Empress State Building. In December 1984 he moved, with a reduced staff, into a new combined Defence Medical Services central headquarters building in First Avenue House, High Holborn,[9] which had been established with a view to bringing together the three medical services under a single administrative head (the Surgeon General); (albeit, in spite of expectations to the contrary,[10] the RN Medical Service and its Army/RAF counterparts maintained their autonomy). In 1993 the office of the Medical Director General moved to Victory Building in HMNB Portsmouth as part of the relocation of the Second Sea Lord and various directorates from London to Portsmouth.[11]

## Current structure

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The medical branch today is made up of Medical Officers (physicians and surgeons) and Medical Assistants (non-commissioned officers and ratings, who receive similar training to paramedics); nursing services are provided by QARNNS. In 2012, 1,522 personnel were employed by the service.[12]

Dental services are provided by the Royal Naval Dental Service, which since 1996 has formed part of a tri-service organisation (Defence Dental Services).

### Medical Assistants

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Main article: Medical Assistant (Royal Navy)

Medical Assistants are deployed on all major warships and submarines of the Royal Navy, and provide primary care to the crew. They also have the role of training the crew in first aid.[13] Capital ships often carry non-commissioned medical technicians as part of the larger medical department, who perform laboratory work to aid the medical assistants and officers.[14]

Medical Assistants both male and female provide medical close support and shore side medical care to all Units of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines.

All medical assistants are ranked in the same manner as other ratings.

### Medical Officers

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Medical Officers may be embarked temporarily on smaller vessels when on a long operational tour,[15] but the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers have medical departments permanently staffed by one or two medical officers.[1] Medical officers are ranked in the same manner as other officers, but wear red stripes between the gold on their epaulettes, and have the title 'Surgeon' added to their rank (Surgeon Lieutenant for example). All Medical Officers are required to be registered with the General Medical Council and to hold a current licence to practise.[16] Although Royal Navy medical officers are qualified doctors, they do not use the Dr prefix, like those in other British military medical organisations.[17]

### Medical Services Officers

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Medical Services Officers provide support in areas such as medical administration, training, logistics and planning, as well as in more specialised areas such as environmental health and radiological protection. They do not have to be registered medical practitioners.[16]

## Head of Royal Navy Medical Services

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The Head of Navy Healthcare/Head of Royal Navy Medical Services continues to hold the appointment of Medical Director General (Naval).[18]

In 2009 the title Chief Naval Medical Officer was introduced, to be held together with the title Medical Director General (Naval) (which was retained 'for liaison with outside authorities').[19] In 2015 the rank of the Medical Director General (Naval) was 'de-enriched' from Surgeon Rear Admiral to Surgeon Commodore;[20] Surgeon Commodore Peter Buxton, who was at that time in the discrete post of Head of Royal Naval Medical Service and Assistant Chief of Staff Medical, was the following year promoted to Medical Director General (Naval), retaining in addition the designation Assistant Chief of Staff Medical.[21] Subsequently the separate appointment of Head of Royal Naval Medical Service was merged with that of Assistant Chief of Staff Medical/Medical Director General (Naval). In 2022 the post of Assistant Chief of Staff Medical/Head of the Royal Naval Medical Service was eliminated in favour of the title Head of Navy Healthcare/Head of Royal Navy Medical Services.[22][2]

As of 2024 the Head of Navy Healthcare/Head of Royal Navy Medical Services reports to the Director of People & Training and Naval Secretary.[2]

### Physician-General of the Navy

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* 9 Jun 1832 – 24 January 1841: Sir William Burnett

### Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets

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* 25 January 1841 – 31 December 1843: Sir William Burnett

### Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy

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* 1 January 1844 – 29 April 1855: Sir William Burnett
* 30 April 1855 – 20 January 1864: Sir John Liddell
* 21 January 1864 – 14 April 1869: Dr Alexander Bryson
* 15 April 1869 – 31 January 1880: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Alexander Armstrong
* 1 February 1880 – 26 February 1888: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir John Watt Reid
* 27 February 1888 – 31 March 1898: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir James Nicholas Dick[23]
* 1 April 1898 – 11 September 1904: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Henry Frederick Norbury
* 12 September 1904 – 10 May 1908: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Herbert Mackay Ellis
* 11 May 1908 – 10 May 1913: Surgeon-General Sir James Porter
* 11 May 1913 – 31 May 1917: Surgeon-General Sir Arthur William May

### Medical Director-General of the Navy

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* 1917–1919: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir William Henry Norman
* 1919–1923: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Robert Hill[24]
* 1923–1927: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Joseph Chambers[25]
* 1927–1931: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Gaskell[26]
* 1931–1934: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Reginald St George Smallridge Bond
* 1934–1937: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Robert William Basil Hall[27]
* 1937–1941: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Percival Thomas Nicholls[28]
* 1941–1945: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Sheldon Francis Dudley
* 1945–1948: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Henry St Clair Colson
* 1948–1951: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Clarence Edward Greeson[29]
* 1952–1956: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Kenneth Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie[30]
* 1956–1960: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Robert Cyril May[31]
* 1960–1963: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir William Robert Silvester Panckridge[32]
* 1963–1966: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Derek Duncombe Steele-Perkins
* 1966–1969: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Eric Dick Caldwell[33][34]
* 1969–1972: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Eric Blackburn Bradbury[35]
* 1972–1977: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir James Watt[36]
* 1977–1980: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir John Stuart Pepys Rawlins[37]
* 1980–1983: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir John Albert Bews Harrison[38]

### Medical Director-General (Naval)

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* 1983–1984: Surgeon Vice Admiral Roger John William Lambert[39]
* 1985–1990: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Godfrey James Milton-Thompson
* 1990–1993: Surgeon Rear Admiral David Askey Lammiman[40]
* 1993–1994: Surgeon Rear Admiral Anthony Leslie Revell
* 1994-1997: Surgeon Rear Admiral Alexander (Sandy) Craig
* 1997–1999: Surgeon Rear Admiral Michael Patrick William Halden Paine[41]
* 1999–2002: Surgeon Rear Admiral Ian Lawrence Jenkins
* 2001–2003: Surgeon Rear Admiral Ralph Donaldson Curr
* 2003–2007: Surgeon Rear Admiral Michael Atholl Farquharson-Roberts
* 2007–2009: Surgeon Rear Admiral Philip Iain Raffaelli[42]
* 2009–2012: Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis (Chief Naval Medical Officer/Medical Director General (Naval))[19]
* 2012–2015: Surgeon Rear Admiral Calum James Gibb McArthur (Chief Naval Medical Officer/Medical Director General (Naval))[43]
* 2015–2016: Surgeon Rear Admiral Alasdair James Walker (Chief Naval Medical Officer/Medical Director General (Naval))[44]
* 2016–2017: Surgeon-Commodore Peter Buxton (Assistant Chief of Staff Medical and Medical Director General (Naval))
* 2017–2021: Commodore Inga Jane Kennedy (Assistant Chief of Staff Medical, Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service and Medical Director General (Naval))
* 2021–2023 Surgeon Commodore Fleur T. Marshall (Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service and Medical Director General (Naval))[45]
* 2023-Present: Commodore Alison Hofman (Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service and Medical Director General (Naval)) [46]

## Commodore-in-chief

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On 8 August 2006 Queen Elizabeth II appointed members of the Royal Family to serve as Royal Patrons, styled Commodores-in-chief, of various Royal Navy Commands, 'in recognition of the strong links between the Royal Navy and the Royal Family'.[47] Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall was appointed Commodore-in-Chief, Naval Medical Services at that time and has continued in the role as Queen.

## See also

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* Army Medical Services
* RAF Medical Services
* William Job Maillard VC
* Kate Nesbitt MC
* Surgeon Vice Admiral Ian Jenkins
* Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly
* Physician
* Military medicine

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## External links

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* Website of the Royal Navy Medical Service
* Ministry of Defence - Royal Navy Medical Services (RNMS)

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| Royal Navy|

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* Admiralty Interview Board
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Equipment|

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Former
leadership|

* First Lord of the Admiralty
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* Deputy First Sea Lord
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category

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* Office of the Senior Naval Lord
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* Office of the Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord
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Operational planning, policy
strategy, tactical doctrine
requirements|

* Admiralty Navy War Council
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Divisions and sections
under the War and
Naval Staff|

* Administrative Planning Department
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Offices of the Sea Lords|

* Office of the Second Sea Lord
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Admiralty civil departments
and organisations
under the Sea Lords|

* Admiralty Area Cash Offices
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* Department of the Director of Naval Construction
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* Department of the Director of Transports
* Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons
* Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons Materials
* Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs
* Department of the Director of Warship Production
* Department of the Director of Welfare and Service Conditions
* Department of the Director of Wreck Dispersal
* Department of the Flag Officer Sea Training
* Department of the Engineer in Chief
* Department of the Paymaster Director-General
* Department of the Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Weapons
* Department of the Inspector of Dockyard Expense Accounts
* Department of the Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets
* Department of the Medical Director-General of the Navy
* Department of the Physician of the Navy
* Department of the Physician General of the Navy
* Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy
* Department of the Surveyor of Buildings
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* Directorate-General, (Naval Manpower and Training)
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* Medical Department
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* Naval Mobilisation Department
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* Naval Ordnance Inspection Department
* Naval Ordnance Stores Department
* Naval Personnel Services and Officer Appointments Department
* Naval Publicity Department
* Naval Regional Offices
* Naval Reserve Department
* Naval Security Department
* Naval Stores Department
* Naval Training Department
* Naval Works Department
* Navy, Army and Air Force Institute
* Navy and Army Canteen Board
* Navy Works Department
* Navigation Department
* Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope
* Office of the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves
* Office of the Admiral Commanding, Reserves
* Office of the Admiralty Chemist
* Office of the Adviser on the Naval Construction to the Board of Admiralty
* Office of the Assistant Controller
* Office of the Assistant Controller Research and Development
* Office of the Clerk of the Journals
* Office of the Chief Polaris Executive
* Office of the Deputy Controller of Navy
* Office of the Deputy Controller Production
* Office of Extra Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord
* Office of the Inspector Gun Mountings
* Office of the Keeper of Records
* Office of the Senior Psychologist (Naval)
* Office of the Senior Psychologist of the Navy
* Office of the Translator of French and Spanish Languages
* Office of the Vice Controller Air
* Office of the Vice Controller of the Navy
* Organisation and Methods Department
* Packet Service
* Regional Organisation for Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs
* Royal Corps of Naval Constructors
* Royal Flying Corps
* Royal Marine Police
* Royal Marines Office
* Office of the Chaplain of the Fleet
* Royal Naval Academy
* Royal Naval Aircraft Workshops
* Royal Naval Air Service
* Royal Naval Air Stations
* Royal Naval Armaments Depot
* Royal Naval Auxiliary Service
* Royal Naval Cordite Factories
* Royal Naval Propellant Factory
* Royal Naval College
* Royal Naval College and the School for Naval Architecture
* Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
* Royal Naval College, Greenwich
* Royal Naval College, Keyham
* Royal Naval College, Osborne
* Royal Naval Engineering College
* Royal Naval Film Corporation
* Royal Naval Hospital
* Royal Naval Medical Depot
* Royal Naval Minewatching Service
* Royal Naval Mine Depot
* Royal Naval Patrol Service
* Royal Naval Scientific Service
* Royal Naval Sick Quarters
* Royal Naval Torpedo Depot
* Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
* Royal Naval War College
* Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth
* Royal Navy Dockyard
* Royal Navy Medical Service
* Royal Navy Shore Signal Service
* Royal Observatory, Greenwich
* Royal School of Naval Architecture
* Salvage Department
* School of Mathematics and Naval Construction
* Scientific Research and Experiment Department
* Sea Transport Branch
* Sea Transport Department
* Sea Transport Division
* Ship Department
* Ship Design Department
* Signal Department
* Signal School
* Sixpenny Office
* Statistics Department
* Steam Department
* Superintendent of De-magnetisation
* Torpedo Experimental Establishment
* Transport Department
* Undersurface Warfare Department
* Victualling Department
* Volunteer Boys and Cadet Corps
* Weapons Department
* Weapons Department (Naval)
* Women's Royal Naval Service
* Wireless Telegraphy Board

Direction/Command of the Fleet|

* Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty
* Office of the First Naval Lord
* Office of the First Sea Lord
* Admiralty Naval Staff

Naval formations after 1707|

* 1st Fleet
* 2nd Fleet
* 3rd Fleet
* Commander-in-Chief, Africa
* Atlantic Fleet
* Commodore, Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf
* Australia Station
* Cape of Good Hope Station
* Cape and West Africa Station
* Battle Cruiser Fleet
* Battle Cruiser Force
* Caspian Flotilla
* Channel Fleet
* Channel Squadron
* Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland
* Cork Station
* Coast of Scotland
* Commander-in-Chief, China
* Commander-in-Chief, Dover
* Flag Officer, East Africa
* East Indies Station
* East Indies and China Station
* Eastern Fleet
* Far East Fleet
* English Channel
* Grand Fleet
* Flag Officer Gibraltar
* Harwich Force
* Home Fleet
* Jamaica Station
* Leith Station
* Commander-in-Chief, Levant
* Levant and East Mediterranean
* Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands
* Mediterranean Fleet
* Medway
* Newfoundland Station
* New Zealand Division
* New Zealand Naval Forces
* Nore
* North America and West Indies Station
* Commander-in-Chief, North Sea
* Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands
* Pacific Fleet
* Pacific Station
* Admiral of Patrols
* Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
* Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
* Queenstown Station
* Royal East African Navy
* Royal Indian Navy
* Flag Officer Submarines
* Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
* Reserve Fleet
* Scotland and Northern Ireland
* Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic
* South East Coast of America Station
* Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway
* West Africa Squadron
* Flag Officer, West Africa
* Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches

Naval formations before 1707|

* Lisbon Station
* West Indies Station
* Western Squadron
* Thames, Medway and Nore
* Commander-in-Chief, Thames
* Narrow Seas
* Downs Station

Direction of Naval Finance|

* Department of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty

Departments under the
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary|

* Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty
* Accountant-General's Department
* Comptroller of the Navy
* Department of the Surveyor of the Navy

Direction of Naval Administration
and the Admiralty Secretariat|

* Department of the Permanent Secretary

Branches and offices under the
Permanent Secretary|

* Admiralty Central Copying Branch
* Admiralty Central Registry Branch
* Admiralty Record Office
* Admiralty Library
* Admiralty Secretariat
* Air Branch
* Civil Branch
* Legal Branch
* Military Branch
* Naval Branch
* Ship Branch

Civil Administration|

* Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Department of the Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty

Departments under the
Civil Lords|

* Accountant-General's Department
* Contract and Purchase Department
* Department of the Director of Contract Labour
* Department of the Surveyor of Buildings
* Department of the Director of Works
* Greenwich Hospital Department
* Works Loan Department

Legal|

* Admiralty Judicial Department
* Admiralty court
* High Court of Admiralty
* Office of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty
* High Court of Justice
* Office of the Judge Advocate of the Fleet
* Office of the Marshall High Court of the Admiralty
* Office of the Admiralty Advocate
* Office of the Admiralty Proctor
* Office of the Chief Naval Judge Advocate
* Office of the Counsel for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy
* Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty
* Office of the Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet
* Office of the Receiver of Droits High Court of Admiralty
* Office of the Registrar High Court of the Admiralty
* Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty
* Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy
* Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty
* Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty
* Court of Admiralty for the Cinque Ports
* King's Bench Division (Admiralty)
* Queens's Bench Division (Admiralty)
* Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
* Vice Admiralty courts
* Colonial Courts of Admiralty

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