Graham Winyard

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.

Graham Winyard CBE FRCP FFPH
Graham Winyard (2024)
Born	January 1947
Education	Hertford College, Oxford
Medical career
Profession	Physician
Field	Public health
Institutions	National Health Service

Early life

Graham Winyard was born in January 1947.^[1] He was educated at a grammar school and was the first of his family to attend university.^[1] He studied medicine at Hertford College, University of Oxford, and at the Middlesex Hospital.^[1]

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.^[2] He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health.^[3]

Other activities

Winyard took a master's degree in religion at SOAS.^[1] He has converted to Buddhism and is a lay treasurer of a Theravada forest monastery in West Sussex.^[1]

He is a member of Health Professionals for Assisted Dying.^[4]

He is an associate of Hertford College, University of Oxford. Winyard was appointed Commander of the Order of British Empire.^{[citation needed]}