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.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. 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. He is an associate of Hertford College, University of Oxford. Winyard was appointed Commander of the Order of British Empire.References
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