Dame "Jo" Josephine Williams, DBE, DL (born 8 July 1948, Fishpool, Bury, Lancashire) was the chief executive of Mencap until 1 November 2008. She was chairman of the Care Quality Commission between 2010 and 2012.[1]
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".[2]
An article in The Independent accuses Williams of using her authority as head of the CQC to carry out a campaign to smear fellow board member and whistle-blower Kay Sheldon, including commissioning a taxpayer funded psychiatric evaluation of Sheldon.[3]
On 7 September 2012, Dame Jo Williams announced her resignation as Chair of CQC.[4]
The CQC chair was forced to apologise to MPs after she reiterated her allegations about Sheldon before a Health Select Committee reviewing CQC accountability.[5]
References
- ^ Care Quality Commission - About us - Our people - Commissioners
- ^ "New Year honours in the voluntary and public sectors". The Guardian. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "NHS watchdog claimed that whistleblower Kay Sheldon was 'mentally ill'". The Independent. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://www.cqc.org.uk/public/news/dame-jo-williams-announces-her-resignation-chair-cqc.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Former care chief 'sorry' for attack on whistleblower". 12 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
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