Private Nurse at Home in Richmond

Richmond • South West London

NMC-registered private nurses at home in Richmond

Some needs go beyond personal care and companionship and call for a qualified nurse. When that is the case, a private nurse at home lets someone in Richmond upon Thames receive clinical care in their own bedroom rather than on a hospital ward. Protocol Healthcare Services arranges NMC-registered nurses to deliver skilled, hands-on care at home, from medication administration and wound dressings to catheter and stoma care, PEG feeding, and post-operative and palliative nursing. It is care of a clinical standard, provided with the privacy and comfort that only home can offer.

We will be clear about how we work. Our offices are in the South of England, in Edgware and Bournemouth, so we do not run a clinic on George Street, but as an REC-affiliated agency we operate a genuinely national service and place vetted, registered nurses wherever they are needed. This is the same trusted pool we draw on for our nurses and midwifery staffing, so families in Kew, Petersham or North Sheen get a nurse whose registration, checks and training we have thoroughly verified.

Clinical care our private nurses provide in Richmond

• ✓ Medication administration and complex medicines management
• ✓ Wound care, dressings and pressure area care
• ✓ Catheter and stoma care
• ✓ PEG and enteral feeding support
• ✓ Injections and monitoring of long-term conditions
• ✓ Post-operative and rehabilitation nursing
• ✓ Palliative and end-of-life nursing at home
• ✓ Liaison with GPs, district nurses and consultants

When a private nurse makes the difference in Richmond

There are several moments when nurse-led care at home is the right answer. After surgery, a private nurse can manage wounds, drains and pain relief so recovery happens at home instead of in hospital. For long-term conditions, a nurse can oversee complex medication regimes, PEG feeding or a catheter, and monitor for early signs of trouble. And at the end of life, a nurse can provide symptom and pain management that lets a person stay comfortable in familiar surroundings, near the river and the green spaces they have always known, rather than in a clinical setting. In each case, nursing at home can also reduce hospital visits and readmissions.

Private nursing often works hand in hand with our other services. A nurse may lead the clinical care while a live-in Care Professional supports day-to-day life, or nursing visits may sit alongside hourly visiting care. For people living with advanced dementia or Parkinson's, nursing dovetails with our dementia and specialist care, so the whole package is coordinated around one person.

Working with Richmond's hospitals and community teams

Good nursing at home depends on staying joined up with the wider NHS. We regularly support people leaving Kingston Hospital, run by Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, and West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, part of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, taking over clinical tasks so a discharge can happen sooner and recovery can continue safely at home. Our nurses liaise closely with GPs, district nurses and community palliative teams across the borough so that care plans, prescriptions and equipment all line up.

Standards, funding and regulation in Richmond

Every 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. Care at home in England is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and we work to those standards. Private nursing is priced on a clinical assessment of what is needed, and we set out the plan clearly before care begins. Many Richmond families self-fund, but where needs are primarily health-related, NHS Continuing Healthcare funding may apply, and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames can assess wider care needs. Our team is happy to explain the routes, and you can read more on our paying for care guide or explore our full range of services.

Areas of Richmond we cover for private nursing

We arrange private nurses at home across the borough and the surrounding TW postcodes, including:

• Richmond Hill
• Richmond Riverside
• Richmond Green
• Kew
• Ham
• Petersham
• North Sheen
• East Sheen
• St Margarets
• Mortlake