{{Short description|British physician (born 1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox medical person | honorific_prefix = | name = Graham Winyard | honorific_suffix = CBE FRCP FFPH | image = Graham Winyard (2024).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Graham Winyard (2024) | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name above --> | birth_date = January 1947 | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = | citizenship = | education = Hertford College, Oxford | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | relations = | website = | profession = Physician | field = Public health | work_institutions = National Health Service | specialism = | research_field = | notable_works = | prizes = | child = | module2 = | signature = }} '''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.<ref name=WINY>{{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}}</ref> He was educated at a grammar school and was the first of his family to attend university.<ref name=WINY/> He studied medicine at Hertford College, University of Oxford, and at the Middlesex Hospital.<ref name=WINY/>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Other activities== Winyard took a master's degree in religion at SOAS.<ref name=WINY/> He has converted to Buddhism and is a lay treasurer of a Theravada forest monastery in West Sussex.<ref name=WINY/> He is a member of Health Professionals for Assisted Dying.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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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