“This has to be the worst company I’ve ever had the misfortune to deal with. Waited in for deliveries that didn’t show up even paid a carer to sit with my uncle all day when they was supposed to show up. I’ve received one delivery out of 5. I laugh now when they call to say they are going to deliver. Utterly useless”
“You are a disgrace - I'm going to make a massive complaint. You are a company that does not care at all about the patients that you are suppose to provide for. Your staff are totally unprofessional and very argumentative.
Has someone in the NHS received a back hander because there is no way a company as inefficient as you that should get this contract”
“This situation needs to be fixed. can't the NHS pull out of the contract with this company as they continually fail to meet the needs of clients. Individuals are unable to be discharged from hospital to home due to the lack of equipment available. individuals conditions are worsening because they are bed bound because they don't have equipment needed to mobilise. It's about time something was done. surely one company can't undertake the equipment needs of the whole of the NHS. The NHS needs to start working in partnership with equipment suppliers and cut out the middle man.”
“Difficult for clients and clinicians to contact. Don't do what they say they're going to do. Delays in providing equipment for those who are vulnerable. Equipment often provided faulty and broken.”
“Have called 5 times and emailed for collection of equipment but no answer to email and no reply on the phone still waiting over an hour on the phone. You get to a stage where the recorded message says you are 5th in the queue and it never reduces even though they ask you to continue to hold. You can't be 5th in the queue for half an hour- how many people are answering the phone. Why no answer to emails? This is not an acceptable service for the most vulnerable people.
Somebody else could be desperately needing this equipment - what a waste. People will end up throwing away good quality reusable equipment.
Why are NRS the only commissioned provider by the NHS. They are clearly no coping. What happened to Mediqip and others?”
“The worst health service ever
Infact they don’t have any service at all
Do they really exists ?
They never answer the phone no matter how many hours you wait
They don’t turn up
They don’t repair or care
NRS is a health hazerad
I don’t understand why NRS has been commissioned at all ? So to inflict so much misery on disabled people by neglecting their needs”
“Waiting for bed to be collected. Phoned them 5 days in row and left hanging for 90 minutes and no one answers and they blame it on Cyber attack since April 6th, REALLY. Hopeless, I'm sure those at sharp end are victims of rubbish and incompitent managment, and don't blame them.”
“Experience as a Tower Hamlets resident: Appointments arranged are a fallacy - no one turns up; appointments 'rescheduled' without any notification or credible reason - even after following up with NRS to confirm; untruthful/incorrect live updates given (ie. items are on route and 'will be delivered today' (after 4th, 5th, 6th appointment and chase ups'); misinformation as provided by Service Centre operatives / or in texts received; requests for managers to call back seemingly ignored. Incompetence and failures of this company mean that vulnerable people, at end of life, and/or in pain, experience increased risk of injury, avoidable pain, and suffering. Health care professionals, carers, and family members, experience anguish as they are unable to properly look after patients and loved ones due to not having equipment as ordered. Fruitless days taken off work, or set aside, endless wasted time and energy taken up with trying to get things sorted out for deliveries / collections that never occur. Apparently, no direct line or communication available in order to contact managers (when you want to complain to someone in authority), even after 'escalation' of chase up/complaint; drivers unable to be contacted, or tracked, by service team. There is no option for service user to request for 'technician to dismantle old bed', so, after being assured that medical bed will be delivered, and arranging for current bed to be dismantled, when it (inevitably) doesn't arrive, you have to somehow manage to reassemble the dismantled bed. How are single people, those that are infirm, or are physically unable to do this, expected to manage especially when NRS 'break the chain' of any arrangements by not turning up. This company has a complete disregard, understanding, or knowledge, of the needs of service users, and the unbearable negative impact of their unreliability, incompetence, and 'inconsistent truths' upon all involved in caring. If there is any option not to use NRS, do not use. Based on their performance, and non service, you would not buy furniture for delivery from this company so, how are they allowed to operate within the NHS structure? Whoever is in charge of procuring, or monitoring, this particular contract, should get their act together and take action. For me, I have written to the NHS asking for an explanation of NRS services, and will be writing to my MP to make her aware of what is happening regarding 'real life experience' of NRS.”
“As usual NRS screw up, how did the management of this company even get the contract. Absolutely no idea how to run this service and costing the NHS £100'000's
in failed discharges. Bring back mediquip and get rid of this bunch of greedy useless scumbags. NO STARS!!”
“If you worked all ur life and ur left in the hands of NRS healthcare towards ur end of time then consider it as a sentence to hell. Absolutely disgusting Mangers they must had picked it from the CEO.”
“NRS is the worst company I ever had to deal with. The occupational therapist order my mum a new chair. It’s took 5 months for this to be delivered. NRS had the audacity to deliver a broken unserviced and uncleaned Chair. This breaches all health and safety and infection control regulations.
When I chased this up, they claimed they do not deliver new chair only refurbished chair which is a lie. After complaining, the broken chair was picked up and they promised to deliver a replacement chair.
For days I have received lie after lie that they either have no records of my call and compliant or they came to the property and no one was home or they called for the delivery and no one picked up the phone. This was just bare face lies.
This company NRS is cruel and has no empathy to the elderly that depends on its service. I feel heart broken for the service users who may not have someone to advocate for them.
NRS Healtjcare is both worth the 1 star I gave them. Their service is substandard and sub human.”
“Terrible company. There is honestly nothing that this company does right. NRS displays items that are apparently in stock however will not deliver for days and weeks despite the order being put through as an emergency item. They report on their system that the reason they are not delivering is due to the client requesting a later date or the client not answering their phone. They lie about both these situations repetitively, often stating the client is not home when clients have had no contact from NRS and are housebound (therefore always home). When the OT/PT's in our team call to chase up the items they then inform us that the items are actually out of stock, however do not report this on their software. The OT/PT's spend hours every day waiting on the phone to NRS, and somehow it is our responsibility as OT/PT's to constantly chase them up and make sure deliveries are booked.
I have had several patients admitted to hospital due to these issues. It severely delays physiotherapy and occupational therapy input due to lack of equipment. I have had several care agencies pull out of supporting patients because they do not want to injure themselves because of the lack of equipment. I have not once had equipment delivered on time, despite constant calls to NRS and chasing them up. I constantly am escalating orders and complaining, and yet nothing comes of it and I receive no contact from their 'escalation support team'. I do not recommend any NHS trust use NRS for equipment supply. I hope we abolish the contracts with NRS very very soon because the service is terrible.”
“They were supposed to deliver something last week didn’t turn up and when we finally got in contact with them, they said oh it’s just gone out of stock, we should have it next week
They turned up at 1 o’clock today as arranged and said oh there’s a part missing rung the office and said it will be here in an hour which would’ve been shall we say around 2:30?
That OT could not get hold of them all afternoon and disgustingly. No contact was made with us until 20 to 6 when they said they were unable to make it. Please bring back Medequip it’s not the first time I’ve had problems with Nrs they are disgusting”
“Absolutely disgusted with the service they provided to be honest there is nothing good I can say about them from customer service,adviser, management and delivery man. Absolutely disgusting”
“This is by far the worst company I have dealt with and still trying to deal with. Following the decease of my mother, contacted them to collect medical equipment. They are very quick to say the job has been scheduled but just never turned up. Numerous phone calls and each time promised someone will come, but nothing. It is a difficult time for the family and having to call them constantly and waiting by the phone just adding tremendous amount of distress. This has been going on for 2 weeks now and still the same, someone will come, but no one does!”
“This is the worst experiences I have had to date!! Their customer service advisors are unhelpful, hang up the phone on you. When you make a complaint the manager does not call you. The delivery drivers don't wait for the door to be answered before driving off even though they know it's disabled customers. Delivery Driver's turn up outside the time span agreed and don't call ahead when requested. You wait for an hour on a average for NRS Healthcare to pick up the phone When calling them. NRS Healthcare should be put on notice, their conttact terminated and given back to MEDIQUIP.”
