Private Nurse at Home in Christchurch, Dorset

Christchurch • Dorset

NMC-registered private nurses at home in Christchurch

Some needs go beyond personal care and companionship into genuinely clinical territory, and that is where a private nurse at home makes the difference. Protocol Healthcare Services arranges NMC-registered nurses to deliver skilled clinical care in the comfort of a person's own Christchurch home: from managing complex medication regimes to wound care, catheter and stoma care, PEG feeding, and post-operative and palliative nursing. It means the kind of care that would once have meant a hospital bed or a nursing home can often be delivered at home instead, with the reassurance of a qualified nurse and none of the upheaval. For a plain-English overview, read our guide to private nursing at home.

We will be straight about how we operate. As well as being a home care provider, we are an established, REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency, and clinical nursing is core to what we do. Our nearest office is in Bournemouth, at Regus Oxford Point, 19 Oxford Road, Bournemouth BH8 8GS. We do not run a branch in Christchurch itself, but we can put a qualified nurse into a home across the town quickly. Every nurse is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), and vetted with enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and up-to-date training before they attend.

Clinical care our private nurses provide in Christchurch

• ✓ Medication administration, including controlled drugs
• ✓ Wound care, dressings and pressure-area management
• ✓ Catheter care and stoma care
• ✓ PEG and enteral feeding support
• ✓ Injections and clinical observations
• ✓ Post-operative and recovery nursing
• ✓ Palliative and end-of-life nursing at home
• ✓ Complex and continuing care support

Post-operative nursing and hospital-to-home in Christchurch

A private nurse can support a discharge home after surgery. The early days of recovery are when wounds, drains, medication and mobility all need close attention, and a private nurse can provide exactly that in the home. After treatment at Christchurch Hospital, part of University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, or an operation at the larger acute hospitals in Bournemouth and Poole, we can arrange nursing visits or continuous cover to manage recovery safely, liaising with your GP and district nursing team so nothing falls between services. For many people it turns a daunting return home into a confident one, and helps avoid a readmission.

Palliative and end-of-life nursing at home

When someone is living with a life-limiting illness, being at home among familiar things can matter enormously. Our private nurses provide compassionate palliative and end-of-life care at home in Christchurch, including symptom control, pain management, and steady support for the whole family. Working alongside the local hospice, GP and community nursing teams, we help make it possible, where it is someone's wish, to be cared for in their own home in Christchurch Town, Highcliffe, Mudeford or Burton, surrounded by the people and places they know.

Nursing that fits around the person across Christchurch

Private nursing does not have to mean a nurse in the house all day. Sometimes a single visit to change a dressing or set up a medication regime is all that is needed. Sometimes it is a regular schedule of visits; and sometimes, for the most complex or continuing needs, it is round-the-clock nurse-led care. We shape the package to the clinical picture and review it as things change. Where clinical and everyday support overlap, our nurses work hand in hand with our Care Professionals, so a client can have both skilled nursing and help with personal care, meals and companionship without juggling several providers. We cover Somerford, Purewell, Stanpit, Jumpers Common, Hurn, Winkton and Walkford alongside the main town.

Funding and arranging a private nurse in Christchurch

Private nursing is always priced on a clinical assessment, because it depends entirely on the tasks involved and how often a nurse is needed. We give a clear quote before care begins. Many Christchurch families self-fund, and where needs are primarily health-related, NHS Continuing Healthcare funding may apply; it is assessed and funded by the NHS through the local Integrated Care Board, while Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) handles social care assessments. Protocol Healthcare Services Ltd is registered with the CQC to provide personal care (provider ID 1-6591402702), and has been since 2019; it has not yet been inspected, which means there is no published CQC rating. Our team is happy to explain the routes and how nursing fits with other support, and you can read more on our paying for care guide. If you run a care service that needs nursing cover, see our nurses and midwifery staffing and our full staffing services.

Areas of Christchurch we cover for private nursing

We arrange NMC-registered private nurses across the town and the surrounding BH23 postcodes, including:

• Christchurch Town
• Highcliffe
• Mudeford
• Somerford
• Purewell
• Stanpit
• Burton
• Jumpers Common
• Hurn
• Winkton
• Walkford