Here are the incriminating changes Softools made when the issue was raised with the
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Trust (SABP) that its Chief Executive Fiona Edwards was allowing her husband's Mark Edwards firm
Softools to use her Trust as a case example to attract businesses from and serve as a reference for other NHS Trusts without him or Softools acknowledging his relationship with SABP's Chief Executive.
Before
After - SABP's name dropped.
Before
After Surrey PCT logo dropped.
Transparency The Edwards' husband and wife relationship should have been made clear or they should have avoided this contract and/or form of advertising as NHS Trusts are funded by public money so transparency is an essential requirement.
The slick editing of the Softools website after Fiona and Mark Edwards had been caught on the backfoot is just not good enough. The public dont pay to be duped.
Softools also did work for the East Surrey PCT which had a professional responsibility , as does the Surrey PCT , the official body it merged into , to keep itself at a respectful distance from SABP. Its logo was also instantly removed when objections were raised about the Edwards were using SABP for their own ends while Fiona was officially overseeing the cutting of pitiful £3 payments to SABP's disabled garden centre workers.
The fact that service users themselves have had to flag up this abuse simply demonstrates that the SABP Trust Board, the Trust's PPI and the Surrey PCT have been asleep on the job.
We have asked Fiona Edwards to explain this abuse and are now asking the same quieston of the Surrey PCT.
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