Overview

• NRS Healthcare is set to enter compulsory liquidation after PricewaterhouseCoopers failed to find a buyer or new investors for the business
• The Official Receiver will step in to manage the liquidation and maintain continuity of living aids and equipment supplies for elderly and vulnerable patients
• The Department for Health and Social Care, local authorities, the Local Government Association and ADASS have activated contingency plans to limit disruption to community care services
• NRS Healthcare has begun transferring equipment provision—such as wheelchairs, hoists and telecare—to alternative providers to preserve service access and jobs
• The collapse spotlights the pressures of low-margin contracts under Graphite Capital’s ownership and councils’ statutory duties to secure essential care when suppliers collapse