Home Care in Barnet

Barnet • North London

Care at home for families across Barnet

Protocol Healthcare Services provides trusted home care in Barnet for older people, adults with disabilities and anyone who needs a little more support to stay safe and independent at home. Our London office in Edgware is a short drive down the A5109 and A411 from the top of Barnet Hill, so our local Care Professionals know this corner of North London well and can reach families quickly, from Chipping Barnet and High Barnet across to New Barnet, East Barnet and Whetstone.

Whether you are looking for a short daily visit to help a parent get up and dressed, or full-time live-in support after a hospital stay, we build the care around the person, not the other way round. Every Care Professional we place is vetted with enhanced DBS and right to work checks, references and training before they support you, and the same familiar faces return wherever possible so trust can grow.

Home care services we provide in Barnet

• ✓ Live-in care for round the clock support
• ✓ Hourly visiting care from 30 minute calls
• ✓ Personal care, washing and dressing
• ✓ Medication support and prompting
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Respite and emergency cover
• ✓ Private nursing at home
• ✓ Companionship and help getting out and about

Local knowledge that makes a difference in Barnet

Barnet sits on high ground at the northern edge of Greater London, where the capital gives way to the green Hertfordshire border, and it has a large and settled older population in leafy areas such as Totteridge, Monken Hadley and Arkley alongside busy family neighbourhoods around New Barnet and Underhill. Many of the people we support want to stay close to familiar places, whether that is a morning at The Spires Shopping Centre on Barnet High Street, the historic Wednesday and Saturday stalls of Barnet Market, or a quiet walk on Monken Hadley Common. Our care is designed to keep those routines going, not replace them.

We regularly support people coming home from Barnet Hospital on Wellhouse Lane, which is run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and also serves the wider area alongside nearby Chase Farm Hospital. Getting the first few weeks at home right matters, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support after a stay on the ward, and we keep in close contact with families and district nurses to spot any problems early. That hospital-to-home support can make the difference between a smooth recovery and an avoidable readmission.

Adult social care in the borough is overseen by the London Borough of Barnet. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the council's Social Care Direct team for a free care needs assessment, followed by a financial assessment. Many of the families we work with self-fund their care, and we are always happy to explain how the different funding routes work so you can make a confident decision. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

Areas of Barnet we cover

We arrange home care across the whole town and the surrounding EN5 and N20 postcodes, including:

• High Barnet
• Chipping Barnet
• New Barnet
• East Barnet
• Arkley
• Whetstone
• Totteridge
• Monken Hadley
• Hadley Wood
• Cockfosters
• Underhill
• Barnet Gate