Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Oldham

Oldham • Greater Manchester

Trusted care and staffing across Oldham

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers right across Oldham and the wider Greater Manchester 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 are honest about where we are based. Our offices sit in the South of England, in Edgware and Bournemouth, so we do not run a branch on Yorkshire Street or anywhere else in the borough. 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 Oldham 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 Oldham

• ✓ 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 Oldham

Oldham sits on the Pennine foothills to the north east of Manchester, a former cotton town that grew into one of the largest boroughs in Greater Manchester. Care needs differ from one part of the borough to the next, from the terraced streets of Werneth and Hollinwood close to the town centre, out to the suburban communities of Chadderton, Royton, Shaw and Failsworth, and up into the moorland villages of Saddleworth such as Uppermill, Delph and Lees. We tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service, whether that is a hillside cottage above Saddleworth Moor or a flat near Alexandra Park.

The borough is served by the OL postcodes, running from OL1 in the town centre through OL2, OL3, OL4, OL8 and OL9 out to the surrounding districts. Local landmarks such as Alexandra Park, the Grade II listed Victorian park that opened in 1865, and the imposing Oldham Parish Church of St Mary help our care teams and families describe exactly where support is needed when they call.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at The Royal Oldham Hospital on Rochdale Road, part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs Fairfield General, Rochdale Infirmary and North Manchester General nearby. 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 borough is overseen by Oldham Council, also known as Oldham Metropolitan Borough 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. 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 Oldham

Care homes, supported living services, hospitals and community teams across Oldham rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. Our reach here is national rather than local, so 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. Browse all of our staffing services to see how we can help.

Areas of Oldham we cover

We arrange home care and supply care staff across the borough and the wider Greater Manchester area, including:

• Chadderton
• Royton
• Shaw
• Failsworth
• Lees
• Uppermill
• Saddleworth
• Hollinwood
• Werneth
• Crompton
• Springhead
• Delph