WREXHAM Council has provided reassurance to almost 90 people following uncertainty over the future of a care provider.

Allied Healthcare, which provides support to 13,000 older and disabled people across the UK, is looking to either transfer or sell all of its contracts to other providers.

It comes after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) issued a notice saying it had serious doubts about the company’s financial viability.

The local authority said the company provides support for 88 people on its behalf.

However, it has confirmed it is looking to find alternative providers for those affected.

A council spokesperson said: “Wrexham Adult Social Care Department is aware of the issues and is working closely with Allied and other Wrexham domiciliary care providers in order to secure a new provider and ensure there is no disruption to service.”

Allied Healthcare announced its intention to apply for a company voluntary arrangement in April to restructure its debts.

According to the CQC, the company was able to confirm funding until the end of this month.

However, it added it had not received adequate assurance that the it had the ongoing funding necessary to ensure the business can operate beyond that date.

Earlier this month Andrea Sutcliffe, chief inspector of adult social care, said: “We have encouraged Allied Healthcare to provide us with a realistic financially backed plan to support the future sustainability of the business, and given them every opportunity to do so, but they have failed to provide adequate assurance regarding future funding.

“It is now CQC’s legal duty to notify those local authorities where Allied Healthcare is contracted to deliver home care services, that we consider there to be a credible risk of service disruption.

“We are doing this now to give local authorities as much time as possible to plan for maintaining continuity of care for people relying upon services from this provider, should this be required.”

A spokesperson for Allied Healthcare claimed the CQC’s notice had made the company’s financial situation worse.

However, Allied would work with the body to ensure there was ‘minimal disruption’ to the people it provides care for.

The spokesperson said: “These developments have intensified the impact of the challenging environment within which we operate and come immediately prior to the Christmas period, when pressures on care providers are at their highest.

“This has also meant we have had to re-evaluate our long-term business plan.

“We are therefore actively exploring a range of options in order to minimise disruption to continuity of care, including the sale or transition of care and support services on a regional or contract-by-contract basis to alternative providers best placed to deliver care at a local level.”