Graham Winyard
{{Short description|Briitsh physician (born 1947)}}
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Graham Winyard (born January 1947) is a British public health physician who was medical director of the National Health Service in England from 1993 to 1999 and deputy chief medical officer of the NHS in England. He is a member of Health Professionals for Assisted Dying, and an associate of Hertford College, Oxford.
Early life
Graham Winyard was born in January 1947.{{cite web |title=Graham Winyard (Medicine, 1965) - Hertford College - University of Oxford |url=https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/associate/graham-winyard-1965 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528065342/https://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/associate/graham-winyard-1965 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |website=ox.ac.uk}} He was educated at a grammar school and was the first of his family to attend university. He studied medicine at Hertford College, University of Oxford, and at the Middlesex Hospital.
Career
Winyard practiced as a public health physician and was medical director of the National Health Service (NHS) in England from 1993 to 1999 and deputy chief medical officer of the NHS in England.{{cite web |title=Graham Winyard |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/graham-winyard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234800/https://www.theguardian.com/profile/graham-winyard |archive-date=30 July 2018 |website=The Guardian}} He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health.{{cite web |title=Written statement of Dr Graham Peter Arthur Winyard CBE |url=https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/WITN7606001-%20Written%20statement%20of%20Graham%20Winyard%3B%2014%20December%202022.pdf |website=www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk |access-date=17 November 2024}}
Other activities
Winyard took a master's degree in religion at SOAS. He has converted to Buddhism and is a lay treasurer of a Theravada forest monastery in West Sussex.
He is a member of Health Professionals for Assisted Dying.{{cite web|url=https://www.hpad.org.uk/committee/dr-graham-winyard-cbe-frcp-ffph/|title=Dr Graham Winyard CBE FRCP FFPH - Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying|website=hpad.org.uk}}
He is an associate of Hertford College, University of Oxford. Winyard was appointed Commander of the Order of British Empire.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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Category:20th-century British medical doctors
Category:British public health doctors
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
Category:Fellows of the Faculty of Public Health
Category:National Health Service people
Category:Physicians of the Middlesex Hospital
Category:Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford