Private & Concierge Physicians

Family Medicine, Longevity & Travelling Doctors — exclusively for Royal Households and UHNW Families across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.

Medical Staff Talent places UK and European-trained physicians as dedicated personal doctors: on immediate retainer to a principal or a household, not rostered through a hospital or clinic. Every physician we introduce has been assessed for the specific standard of judgement, discretion and availability that a private appointment of this kind requires. Every mandate is scoped against one of the seven deployment models Royal Households use for their clinicians — from a full-time, live-out post in a royal medical wing to a travelling appointment alongside the family — before a search opens.

The Mandate: Family Medicine, Longevity & Travelling Doctors

• Immediate retainer care — a dedicated personal physician on call for the principal and household, day to day and around the clock where the mandate requires it.
• Preventative medicine & longevity protocols — structured health optimisation, biomarker monitoring, and longevity programming built around a single principal rather than a general patient list.
• Discreet international accompaniment — travelling with the principal upon confidential request, coordinating care across time zones and jurisdictions without interrupting the standard of treatment.

Who We Serve

Royal Households and UHNW Families in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. We do not place physicians into hospital or clinic rosters — every mandate is a private, principal-facing appointment. Family offices and chiefs of staff can review how a private doctor mandate is structured and how the confidential hiring process runs, step by step.

Standards We Require

• UK or European medical training with an active, verified licence in the country of qualification.
• Eligibility for Gulf licensing (SCFHS, DHA, DoH, DHP) and successful DataFlow primary source verification.
• Demonstrated experience in family medicine, internal medicine, or longevity/preventative practice, with the judgement to work without institutional back-up.
• Fluent English; Arabic is an advantage but not a requirement.
• Willingness to sign a non-disclosure agreement and operate under strict confidential routing — standard on every household mandate.

Compensation and Package Structure

Retained physician appointments with Royal Households and UHNW families are priced well above institutional consultant grades, and they are paid net. Across our current mandates, a resident Private & Concierge Physician is packaged at £240,000 to £400,000 tax-free. Sessional, locum and travelling appointments — non-resident or part-year — begin at £185,000, and a Medical Director of the household’s licensed medical entity, carrying clinical governance of that entity as well as care of the principal, sits above £400,000. These are three different appointments, priced for different reasons, rather than three points on one range. A household package is normally built from a base retainer plus furnished accommodation or a housing allowance, private medical cover for the physician and dependants, annual flights, and a defined travel and on-call structure. Because the principal is the sole patient, the scope, availability and travel commitment are agreed in writing before an offer is made.

To understand what a Gulf package actually leaves you with once housing, schooling and indemnity are accounted for, use the UK vs GCC Net Position Calculator or the Gulf Net Package Estimator. Our 2026 physician salary trends report sets the wider benchmarks; for the Kingdom specifically, see our guide to consultant salary in Saudi Arabia in 2026.

Representative Mandates

Household physician mandates are never advertised in full, but the current register gives a fair picture of scope and remuneration:

• Private Physician to a UHNW Principal — sole-patient retainer with international travel.
• Personal Physician & Medical Lead — Royal Household, Qatar
• Consultant in Family Medicine & Longevity — Sovereign Estate, Riyadh
• Private Physician, Longevity & Family Medicine — UHNW Family, Dubai
• Family Medicine & Longevity Physician — Royal Household, Doha
• Medical Director & Chief Royal Physician — Abu Dhabi

See all live mandates by specialty, or the physician registers for Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, the Eastern Province and Doha.

If no current mandate matches your profile, our standing registers keep a confidential file open for the next physician appointment in each city: Riyadh · Jeddah · Eastern Province · Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Doha · Private yacht, Mediterranean summer and Gulf winter.

Two Deployment Routes for a Household Physician

The deployment model and the licensing route are two separate questions, and a household mandate needs an answer to both. How a physician is deployed — live-in, live-out, rota, travelling and so on, set out in the seven deployment models — is settled independently of the licensed entity under which they will practise. The two interact, but neither answers the other; the routes below concern the second.

A private residence is not a licensed healthcare facility. Across the Gulf a clinician’s professional licence is activated by the licensed entity that appoints them: a practitioner cannot activate their own licence, and a family cannot activate it either. Long-term residence permits — the UAE Golden Visa among them — decouple residency from employer sponsorship, but they confer no right to practise. The structure therefore has to be established before a search opens, not settled after an offer is accepted.

Route one — appointment against the household’s own licensed entity

The household holds, or constitutes, its own licensed medical entity, and the appointed physician is brought in against it — frequently as its Medical Director. Owning such an entity does not require the principal to hold a medical qualification; it requires a licensed clinical director to stand behind the licence. This is the principal route, and the one around which most Royal Household and family office mandates are built.

Route two — the non-resident travelling physician

The physician retains UK or European registration, remains non-resident, and accompanies the principal internationally, practising in the jurisdictions in which they are licensed. Inside the Gulf the remit is care coordination and liaison with local institutions rather than independent practice, and that scope must be defined precisely in writing before the appointment begins.

We establish which of the two routes applies at the briefing stage and set out what each asks of the household, so that the mandate, the licence and the physician’s scope are aligned before any candidate is approached.

Licensing by Jurisdiction

A physician attached to a private household still practises under a full professional licence, and each market regulates separately. We map the route that applies and set out its sequence alongside the search, so that neither side is planning an offer around a timeline it has not seen. The application itself rests with the appointed clinician and the licensed entity appointing them.

• Saudi Arabia — classification and registration through the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) via Mumaris+, after DataFlow primary source verification.
• United Arab Emirates — the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) for Dubai and the Department of Health (DoH) for Abu Dhabi; the two licences do not transfer between emirates.
• Qatar — the Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP) under the Ministry of Public Health, the most dossier-sensitive regulator in the region.

Our Gulf licensing support page explains each pathway in full, and the GCC Licensing Classifier shows where a regulator is likely to place your qualification before you commit to a move.

Coverage

Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | Qatar

How the Process Works

1. Confidential brief taken directly with the principal, family office, or household representative — under NDA before any candidate detail is shared.
2. Individual, targeted approach to vetted physicians already known to the practice; mandates are never advertised publicly.
3. Verification of licensure, DataFlow and reference history before any introduction is made.
4. Licensing and relocation routes mapped and sequenced, so that the household and the appointed physician each know what falls to them, and when, through to onboarding.

For Households Retaining a Physician

• How Much Does a Private Doctor Cost in the Gulf? — the four retainer models, indicative tax-free packages and what sits outside the fee.
• Private Doctor for a Royal Household or UHNW Principal — scope, autonomy and the confidential process.
• Vetting a Private Medical Team: The Family Office Checklist — DataFlow, references and NDAs, in sequence.
• Maritime & Superyacht Medical Staffing — the travelling and yacht-based version of the same appointment.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a private physician to a Royal Household actually do?

A private or concierge physician is retained by a principal and family rather than by an institution. The work is continuity of care: daily availability, preventative and longevity medicine, coordination of specialist input when it is needed, and accompanying the principal on international travel where the mandate requires it. Subspecialty depth matters less than judgement, discretion and the ability to work without institutional back-up.

How much do private physicians earn in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar?

Across our current mandates, a resident Private & Concierge Physician is packaged from £240,000 to £400,000 tax-free, paid net, with accommodation, family medical cover and flights provided on top. Sessional, locum and travelling appointments, which are non-resident or part-year, begin at £185,000; a Medical Director of the household’s licensed medical entity, who carries clinical governance of the entity as well as care of the principal, sits above £400,000.

Which licence do I need: SCFHS, DHA, DoH or DHP?

It depends on where the household is based: SCFHS in Saudi Arabia, DHA in Dubai, DoH in Abu Dhabi and DHP in Qatar. All four begin with DataFlow primary source verification. We set out that sequence alongside the search and brief both sides on it, so that the appointment and the licence can be planned to land together; the file itself is submitted by the clinician and the appointing licensed entity.

Do I need to speak Arabic?

No. Fluent English is required on every mandate; Arabic is an advantage in some households but is never a condition of appointment.

How confidential is the process?

Entirely. Mandates are never advertised, every introduction is made under a non-disclosure agreement, and the identity of the principal is disclosed only at the stage the household approves. Our confidentiality, NDA and vetting standards apply to clinicians and households alike.

Further Reading

• The Private & Concierge Physician: what a household retains you for
• Concierge and longevity physicians for UHNW families in 2026
• Seven critical realities of Royal Household physician recruitment
• Family medicine consultant demand in the Gulf
• Longevity medicine careers in the GCC
• Medical liability in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

Hiring a private or concierge physician? Review the Private Doctor mandate structure or start a confidential conversation.

A UK or European-trained physician exploring the Gulf? See the Gulf licensing framework, model your net position with the UK versus GCC calculator, or submit your CV.