# Graham Winyard

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{{Short description|British 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](/source/National_Health_Service_(England)) 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](/source/Health_Professionals_for_Assisted_Dying), and an associate of [Hertford College](/source/Hertford_College%2C_Oxford), 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](/source/Hertford_College%2C_Oxford), University of Oxford, and at the [Middlesex Hospital](/source/Middlesex_Hospital).<ref name=WINY/>

==Career==
Winyard practiced as a public health physician and was medical director of the [National Health Service](/source/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](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians) and a fellow of the [Faculty of Public Health](/source/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](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_British_Empire).{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

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Category:1947 births
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
Category:British Theravada Buddhists
Category:21st-century British medical doctors

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