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Line 1: {{Short description\|British administrator and social worker}} {{about\|\|the British Olympic speed skater\|Jo Williams (speed skater)\|the American film and television actress\|JoBeth Williams}} Line 4 ⟶ 5: \| honorific-prefix = Dame \| name = Jo Williams \| native_name = ~~DBE, DL~~ \| native_name_lang = \| honorific-suffix = DBE, DL \| image = \| image_size = Line 14 ⟶ 15: \| order = \| office = Chief executive of Mencap \| term_start = 2005 \| term_end = 1 November 2008 \| alongside = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district. (e.g. United States Senators.)--> Line 60 ⟶ 61: {{Use British English\|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2021}} '''Dame Josephine Williams''', {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|DBE\|DL\|sep=,~~\|size=100%~~}} (born 8 July 1948) is a British administrator and social worker who was the chief executive of [[Mencap]] until 1 November 2008. She ~~was chairman of~~chaired the [[Care Quality Commission]] between 2010 and 2012.<ref>[http://www.cqc.org.uk/about_us/our_people/commissioners.aspx Care Quality Commission - About us - Our people - Commissioners] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103125826/http://www.cqc.org.uk/about_us/our_people/commissioners.aspx \|date=3 November 2008 }}</ref> ==Career== Line 67 ⟶ 68: Williams was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the 2007 [[New Year Honours]] for "services to people with learning disabilities".<ref name="Keele"/><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://society.guardian.co.uk/voluntary/story/0,,1979992,00.html\|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]\|date=2006-12-30\|accessdate=2008-11-17\|title=New Year honours in the voluntary and public sectors}}</ref> An article in ''The Independent'' accused Williams of using her authority as head of the CQC to carry out a campaign to [[Smear campaign\|smear]] fellow board member and [[Whistle blower\|whistle-blower]] Kay Sheldon, including commissioning a taxpayer funded psychiatric evaluation of Sheldon.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/exclusive-nhs-watchdog-claimed-that-whistleblower-kay-sheldon-was-mentally-ill-8046640.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220609/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/exclusive-nhs-watchdog-claimed-that-whistleblower-kay-sheldon-was-mentally-ill-8046640.html \|archive-date=9 June 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|newspaper=[[The Independent]]\|date=2012-08-15\|accessdate=2012-08-15\|title=NHS watchdog claimed that whistleblower Kay Sheldon was 'mentally ill' }}</ref> On 7 September 2012, Dame Jo Williams announced her resignation as Chair of CQC.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.cqc.org.uk/public/news/dame-jo-williams-announces-her-resignation-chair-cqc \| title=Dame Jo Williams announces her resignation as Chair of CQC \| date=7 September 2012 \| publisher=Care Quality Commission \| url-status=dead \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915150134/http://www.cqc.org.uk/public/news/dame-jo-williams-announces-her-resignation-chair-cqc \| archivedate=15 September 2012 }}</ref> Line 82 ⟶ 83: {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Jo}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of Keele University]] [[Category:British social welfare officials]] [[Category:Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire]] [[Category:~~Living~~English ~~people~~social workers]] [[Category:People from Bury, Greater Manchester]] [[Category:People from Nottinghamshire]] ~~[[Category:English social workers]]~~