Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Craigavon

Craigavon • County Armagh

Trusted care and staffing across Craigavon

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers across Craigavon and the wider County Armagh area. 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.

We should be clear about how we work in Northern Ireland. Our home base is in the South of England, so we do not run a local office in Craigavon. What we do offer is a genuinely national healthcare staffing service, and home care that we coordinate for families through the same careful process we use everywhere. Every professional we place is checked and referenced, with an enhanced Access NI check, right to work confirmation and training completed before anyone starts, and a consultant on hand around the clock.

Home care we arrange in Craigavon

• ✓ 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 Craigavon

Craigavon is a planned town in County Armagh, set between the shores of Lough Neagh and the older towns of Lurgan and Portadown that it links together. Life here is spread across distinct communities such as Lurgan, Portadown, Brownlow, Central Craigavon, Bleary, Waringstown and Donaghcloney, each with its own character. Care needs vary just as much across the area, from the busy town centres to the quieter villages and the neighbourhoods around the Craigavon Lakes and Oxford Island on Lough Neagh, so we tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at Craigavon Area Hospital on the Lurgan Road in Portadown, the main acute hospital for the district, or at Lurgan Hospital, both run by the Southern Health and Social Care 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.

In Northern Ireland health and social care are joined up, so adult social care in Craigavon is arranged by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust rather than a council. If you think a relative may qualify for help, you can ask the Trust for a care needs assessment, followed by a means test. Home care providers here are regulated by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority, the RQIA. Many families we work with also fund their own 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 Craigavon

Care homes, supported living services and community teams across Craigavon rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. Because this side of our work is national, distance is no barrier. 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. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache.

Areas of Craigavon we cover

We arrange home care and can discuss staffing across the town and the wider County Armagh area, including:

• Lurgan
• Portadown
• Brownlow
• Central Craigavon
• Bleary
• Waringstown
• Donaghcloney
• Derrymacash
• Tandragee
• Aghagallon