Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Southport

Southport • Merseyside

Trusted care and staffing across Southport

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers across Southport and the wider Sefton 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.

As an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency, our reach extends well beyond our home base in the South of England. Our offices are in Edgware and Bournemouth, and while we do not run a branch in Southport, 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 Southport

• ✓ 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 Southport

Southport is a classic Victorian seaside town on the Sefton coast, known for its tree lined boulevard on Lord Street, the marine lake and Southport Pier, which is one of the longest piers in the country. It is also a town with an older than average population, and many families here are thinking carefully about how a relative can keep living well at home. Care needs vary from one neighbourhood to the next, and we tailor support to the person and the place across communities such as Birkdale, Ainsdale, Churchtown, Hillside, Marshside, Kew, High Park and Crossens, rather than offering a one size fits all service. Most of the town sits within the PR8 and PR9 postcode areas, and we can arrange care whether a loved one lives near the seafront or in the quieter streets inland.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at Southport and Formby District General Hospital on Town Lane in Kew, which is part of Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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. All home care in England is regulated by the Care Quality Commission, and the care we arrange is delivered to those standards.

Adult social care in the town is overseen by Sefton Council, part of the Liverpool City Region. 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 Southport

Care homes, supported living services, hospitals and community teams across Southport 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 reach is genuinely national, so providers in Merseyside get the same service as those closer to our offices. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache. Learn more about our staffing services.

Areas of Southport we cover

We work across the town and the wider Sefton coast, including:

• Birkdale
• Ainsdale
• Churchtown
• Hillside
• Marshside
• Kew
• High Park
• Crossens
• Blowick
• Hesketh Park
• Ainsdale-on-Sea
• Town Centre