Private Nurse at Home in Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames • South West London

NMC-registered private nurses at home in Kingston upon Thames

Some needs go beyond personal care and require a qualified nurse. When a wound needs regular dressing, a catheter or stoma needs managing, medication has to be given by injection, or someone is recovering from surgery or receiving palliative care, a registered nurse in the home makes all the difference. Protocol Healthcare Services arranges private nursing at home across Kingston upon Thames, delivered by nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), so clinical care can happen in the comfort of a person's own home rather than in a ward or clinic. For a plain-English overview, read our guide to private nursing at home.

We will be honest about how we operate. We do not run a clinic on Clarence Street: we organise nursing here from our London office at Highview House, 167 Station Road, Edgware HA8 7JU. What we do run is a healthcare service covering London and the Home Counties, and as an REC-affiliated agency we place NMC-registered nurses for families and for NHS and care providers alike. Every nurse we send has completed enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, registration verification, references and training before they attend, so families in Surbiton, New Malden or Coombe can trust the clinician at the door. 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 Kingston

• ✓ Medication administration, including injections
• ✓ Wound care, dressings and pressure-area management
• ✓ Catheter care and stoma care
• ✓ PEG and enteral (tube) feeding
• ✓ Post-operative nursing and recovery support
• ✓ Palliative and end-of-life nursing, including syringe drivers
• ✓ Continence, diabetes and long-term condition support
• ✓ Nurse-led live-in care where round-the-clock cover is needed

Clinical care in the comfort of home

A hospital or clinic is not always the best place to receive ongoing clinical care. For many people in Kingston, being nursed at home means less travel, less infection risk, more privacy and the reassurance of familiar surroundings, all of which support recovery. A private nurse can visit for a single scheduled task, such as changing a dressing or a catheter, attend several times a day, or, where needs are intensive, provide nurse-led live-in care. We build the clinical plan around the person and keep it under review as they improve or as needs change.

Our nursing sits naturally alongside the rest of the support we arrange. Where a client also needs help with washing, dressing, meals and companionship, our visiting care team can work with the nurse, and for people living with advanced dementia, Parkinson's or a palliative condition, private nursing complements our dementia and specialist care. It means one joined-up plan rather than several disconnected services.

Post-operative and hospital-to-home nursing

The move home after a hospital stay is often when nursing input matters most. We arrange nurse-led care for people discharged from Kingston Hospital on Galsworthy Road in Norbiton, run by Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, covering surgical wound care, drains, medication regimes and rehabilitation support. A registered nurse in those first days and weeks can spot complications early, keep on top of pain relief, and liaise with district nurses and the GP so care carries on without gaps, helping to avoid an unnecessary readmission. We arrange this across Kingston town centre, Canbury, Norbiton, Surbiton, Berrylands, New Malden, Old Malden, Worcester Park, Tolworth, Chessington, Coombe and Kingston Vale.

Palliative and end-of-life nursing at home

Many people wish to be cared for and to remain comfortable in their own home at the end of life. Our private nurses provide palliative and end-of-life nursing across the Royal Borough, including symptom and pain management and syringe drivers, working closely with GPs, community palliative teams and local hospices. Having a familiar, qualified nurse involved gives families confidence and lets them focus on being with the person they love.

Registration, regulation and funding in Kingston

All of our private nurses are NMC-registered. Many families self-fund private nursing for its speed and flexibility, but where a person's needs are primarily health-related, NHS Continuing Healthcare funding may apply, assessed and funded by the NHS through the local Integrated Care Board rather than the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. We are always happy to explain how the routes fit together, and you can read more on our paying for care guide. If you run a care service that needs nursing cover, see our staffing services overview.

Areas of Kingston upon Thames we cover for private nursing

We arrange private nursing at home across the borough and its surrounding KT postcodes, including:

• Kingston town centre
• Norbiton
• Canbury
• Surbiton
• Berrylands
• New Malden
• Old Malden
• Worcester Park
• Tolworth
• Chessington
• Coombe
• Kingston Vale