Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Burnley

Burnley • Lancashire

Trusted care and staffing across Burnley

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers across Burnley and the wider Lancashire area. For families we arrange home care that helps a loved one stay safe and independent in their own 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.

We are honest about where we are based. Our offices are in the South of England, in Edgware and Bournemouth, so we do not run a branch in Burnley. What we do run is a genuinely national service. As an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency we coordinate care and place vetted professionals in Burnley 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 Burnley

• ✓ 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 Burnley

Burnley sits at the meeting of the Rivers Brun and Calder in the Pennine hills of east Lancashire, a former cotton weaving town of around 90,000 people. Its communities are distinctive and close knit, from the terraced streets of Burnley Wood and Daneshouse to the greener edges of Worsthorne, Cliviger and Briercliffe, and out to Padiham, Ightenhill, Rosegrove, Lanehead, Brunshaw, Gannow and Reedley. Care needs vary from one neighbourhood to the next, so we tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service. Most local addresses fall within the BB10, BB11 and BB12 postcodes.

The town has plenty to be proud of, from the historic Towneley Hall and its surrounding park to the Singing Ringing Tree, the musical sculpture that looks out over the moors above Burnley. We know how much staying near familiar surroundings matters, whether that is a regular walk in Towneley Park, a trip into the town centre or simply keeping the routines that make a house feel like home.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at Burnley General Teaching Hospital on Casterton Avenue, part of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, which also runs Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital nearby. 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.

Adult social care in the town is overseen by Lancashire County Council. 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 Burnley

Care homes, supported living services, hospitals and community teams across Burnley 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 national, so distance from our southern offices is no barrier. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache.

Areas of Burnley we cover

We work across the town and the wider east Lancashire area, including:

• Burnley Wood
• Padiham
• Worsthorne
• Cliviger
• Briercliffe
• Rosegrove
• Ightenhill
• Lanehead
• Brunshaw
• Daneshouse
• Gannow
• Reedley