Exhibit 23a INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP 250 East Fifth Street P.O. Box 5340 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-5340 Telephone: (513) 784-7100 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of The Procter & Gamble Company on Form S-8 of The Procter & Gamble U.K. Share Investment Scheme of our report dated July 31, 2003, incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Procter & Gamble Company for the year ended June 30, 2003. /S/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP - --------------------------- DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP December 10, 2003