Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove • East Sussex

Trusted care and staffing across Brighton and Hove

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers across Brighton and Hove and the surrounding Sussex coast. For families we arrange home care that helps a loved one stay safe and independent at home, from a short daily visit through to full live-in support. For care providers we supply qualified nurses, carers and support workers, drawing on more than ten years of experience matching the right people to the right settings.

Our home base is in the South of England, and as an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency our staffing reach is genuinely national. We do not run a local office or branch in Brighton and Hove, but we coordinate care and place vetted professionals here the same way we do everywhere we work, with enhanced DBS and right to work checks, references and training completed before anyone starts, and a consultant on hand around the clock.

Home care we arrange in Brighton and Hove

• ✓ 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 across Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove is a compact seaside city with a real mix of communities, from the seafront terraces and lanes of central Brighton to the calmer, more residential streets of Hove, and out to the villages folded into the South Downs. We tailor support to the person and the place, whether that is a top floor flat in Kemptown, a family home in Hangleton or a bungalow in Rottingdean, rather than offering a one size fits all service. Familiar landmarks such as the Royal Pavilion, the seafront and the i360 anchor a city where many residents want to keep enjoying the coast and the Downs for as long as they can.

Care needs vary widely across the city, from the busy central neighbourhoods around BN1 and the eastern districts of BN2 including Hanover, Moulsecoomb, Woodingdean, Saltdean and Ovingdean, through to Hove and Portslade in BN3. We arrange care across all of these areas and match Care Professionals who understand getting around a hilly, seafront city where parking and steep streets can make daily visits their own small challenge.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Kemptown, the city's main hospital and A&E, which is part of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. The first weeks back at home matter, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support and stay in close contact with families and community teams.

Adult social care in the city is overseen by Brighton and Hove City Council, the unitary authority for the area. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the council for a free care needs assessment, followed by a financial assessment. Many families we work with self-fund their care, and we are always happy to explain how the different routes work. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

Staffing for care providers in Brighton and Hove

Care homes, supported living services, hospitals and community teams across Brighton and Hove rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. We supply NMC-registered nurses and midwives, support workers, mental health professionals and learning disability specialists, from a single shift to a fully managed rota and permanent placements. Our staffing service is national, so distance from our southern base is no barrier to covering shifts in the city. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache. You can see the full picture on our staffing services page.

Areas of Brighton and Hove we cover

We arrange home care and supply care staff across the city and nearby Sussex coast, including:

• Brighton City Centre
• Hove
• Kemptown
• Portslade
• Hanover
• Hangleton
• Rottingdean
• Saltdean
• Woodingdean
• Moulsecoomb
• Patcham
• Preston Park