Private Nurse at Home in Hendon

Hendon • North West London

NMC-registered private nursing at home in Hendon

Some needs go beyond personal care and call for a qualified nurse. When a relative in Hendon requires clinical support at home, our NMC-registered private nurses can deliver it safely and skilfully in their own surroundings, from medication administration and wound care to catheter and stoma management, PEG feeding, post-operative recovery and palliative nursing. For people right across NW4 and NW9, private nursing at home means clinical care without repeated trips to a clinic or a longer stay on a ward. If this is new to you, our private nurse at home guide covers the basics.

We should be clear about how we work. Our London office at Highview House, 167 Station Road, Edgware HA8 7JU is only a few miles from Hendon, and from there we run a service covering London and the Home Counties coordinating registered nurses and care staff. Every private nurse we place is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and has completed enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training before they attend a home in Hendon Central, West Hendon or Colindale. We are also an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency, so clinical standards are at the heart of everything we do. 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.

Clinical care our private nurses provide in Hendon

• ✓ Medication administration and complex medicine management
• ✓ Wound care, dressings and pressure area management
• ✓ Catheter and stoma care
• ✓ PEG and enteral feeding support
• ✓ Post-operative nursing and recovery at home
• ✓ Palliative and end-of-life nursing
• ✓ Diabetes, continence and long-term condition support
• ✓ Clinical oversight alongside GPs and district nurses

Skilled nursing in the comfort of home

Clinical care does not have to mean a clinical setting. Recovering or managing a long-term condition at home, surrounded by familiar things, is often far better for wellbeing than a prolonged hospital stay. It keeps a person close to their own routines near Brent Street, The Burroughs or Sunny Hill Park. Our private nurses provide the same standard of clinical care you would expect on a ward, delivered one to one, at times that fit around the person rather than a hospital schedule. Where practical, non-clinical support is also needed, private nursing sits neatly alongside our visiting care and live-in care in Hendon.

For families, having a registered nurse involved brings real reassurance. Complex medication regimes are managed properly, wounds and pressure areas are monitored before they become a problem, and any change in condition is spotted and acted on quickly. Our nurses keep in close contact with GPs and community teams so care at home is joined up, not fragmented.

Local knowledge across Hendon

Hendon is one of the busier and more diverse parts of the London Borough of Barnet, running from Hendon Central and Colindale across to Burnt Oak, Brent Cross, Golders Green, Mill Hill, Cricklewood and Childs Hill, mostly within the NW4 and NW9 postcodes. A great deal of private nursing follows a hospital episode. We can arrange nursing for people discharged from Barnet Hospital, run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, and the Royal Free Hospital, continuing wound care, medication, drains, catheters or feeding regimes at home. Getting those first weeks right is exactly where skilled nursing reduces the risk of complications and readmission.

Palliative and end-of-life nursing at home in Hendon

For people who wish to remain at home towards the end of life, our nurses provide compassionate palliative care, including symptom and pain management and syringe driver support, working closely with GPs and community palliative teams. Being able to stay in a familiar home in Finchley, Colindale or Golders Green, surrounded by family, means a great deal at such a time. Our nurses support both the person and those around them with sensitivity and skill.

Arranging and funding a private nurse in Hendon

Private nursing is arranged after a clinical assessment, and we provide a clear quote before care begins. You may also see it called private duty nursing, which simply means a nurse you book and pay for yourself. Many Hendon families self-fund, while some qualify for NHS Continuing Healthcare where needs are primarily health-related. The London Borough of Barnet can also carry out a care needs assessment through its Social Care Direct team. Our team is happy to explain the routes, and you can read more on our paying for care guide or our full range of services.

Areas of Hendon we cover for private nursing

We arrange NMC-registered private nursing at home across Hendon and the surrounding NW postcodes, including:

• Hendon Central
• West Hendon
• Brent Street
• The Burroughs
• Colindale
• Burnt Oak
• Brent Cross
• Golders Green
• Mill Hill
• Finchley
• Cricklewood
• Childs Hill