Graham Winyard

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Graham Winyard
BornJanuary 1947
Nationality (legal) British
EducationHertford College, Oxford
Medical career
ProfessionPhysician
FieldPublic health
InstitutionsNational Health Service

Graham Winyard CBE FRCP FFPH (born January 1947) is a 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. He is an associate of Hertford College, University of Oxford.

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Early life

Graham Winyard was born in January 1947. 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. [1]

Career

Winyard practiced as a public health physician and was medical director of the National Health Service 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.

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. [3]

He is an associate of Hertford College, University of Oxford.

Winyard was appointed Commander of the Order of British Empire.

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References

  1. "Graham Winyard (Medicine, 1965) - Hertford College - University of Oxford". ox.ac.uk.
  2. "Graham Winyard". The Guardian.
  3. "Dr Graham Winyard CBE FRCP FFPH - Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying". hpad.org.uk.