Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Macclesfield

Macclesfield • Cheshire East

Trusted care and staffing across Macclesfield

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers across Macclesfield and the wider Cheshire East area. For families we arrange home care that helps a loved one stay safe and independent in their own 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 straight with you about where we sit. Our base is in the South of England, so we do not run a local office in Macclesfield. What we do run is a genuinely national healthcare staffing operation, and as an REC-affiliated agency we coordinate home care and place vetted professionals in Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield

• ✓ 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 Macclesfield

Macclesfield is a historic silk town on the edge of the Peak District, with its heritage still visible in landmarks such as the Silk Museum, Paradise Mill and the tall chimney of Hovis Mill beside the Macclesfield Canal. The town spreads from the terraced streets around the centre out to residential neighbourhoods including Tytherington, Hurdsfield, Broken Cross, Upton, Weston and Sutton, and beyond to villages such as Prestbury, Bollington, under the White Nancy monument, and Gawsworth. Care needs vary just as much across these communities, from the older housing near the town centre to the newer estates and the surrounding hamlets, and 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 Macclesfield District General Hospital on Victoria Road, which is run by East Cheshire NHS Trust and serves much of the town under the SK10 and SK11 postcodes. 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, many of whom work out of local bases such as Waters Green Medical Centre.

Adult social care in the town is overseen by Cheshire East Council. 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. Care providers themselves are inspected and regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), so quality is checked independently. 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 Macclesfield

Care homes, supported living services and health services across Macclesfield rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. Although our office is in the South of England, our staffing reach is national, so distance is no barrier to reliable cover. 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 Macclesfield we cover

We work across the town and the wider Cheshire East area, including:

• Tytherington
• Hurdsfield
• Broken Cross
• Upton
• Weston
• Sutton
• Prestbury
• Bollington
• Gawsworth
• Henbury
• Rainow
• Kerridge