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Dame Josephine Williams (born 8 July 1948) is a British administrator and social worker who was the chief executive of Mencap until 1 November 2008. She chaired the Care Quality Commission between 2010 and 2012. Care Quality Commission - About us - Our people - Commissioners
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".
An article in The Independent accused Williams of using her authority as head of the CQC to carry out a campaign to Smear campaign fellow board member and Whistle blower Kay Sheldon, including commissioning a taxpayer funded psychiatric evaluation of Sheldon.
On 7 September 2012, Dame Jo Williams announced her resignation as Chair of CQC.
The CQC chair was forced to apologise to MPs after she reiterated her allegations about Sheldon before a Health Select Committee reviewing CQC accountability.
In May 2014 it was announced that Williams had been appointed as Independent Chair of the East Cheshire Caring Together Executive Board. However, the move was criticised by local councillors at the Cheshire East Council meeting on 14 May after they learned that the council's Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee had not been notified of the appointment.Cara Cunningham, "Controversial U turn made on appointment of Dame Jo Williams" , Knutsford Guardian, 22 May 2014 On 15 May, Caring Together announced that Dame Williams and the Caring Together Executive Board had jointly decided that she would not be taking up the role."Board Stiffs", Private Eye No. 1367, 30 May – 12 June 2014, p. 31
Williams became Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council at Keele University in 2018. She was appointed Chair of the Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust Board in February 2019.
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