Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Motherwell

Motherwell • North Lanarkshire

Trusted care and staffing across Motherwell

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers across Motherwell and the wider North Lanarkshire area. For families we help arrange care at home that lets a loved one stay safe and independent in familiar surroundings, 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 should be straight with you about where we sit. Our base is in the South of England, so we do not run a local office in Motherwell. What we do run is a genuinely national healthcare staffing operation, and for families looking for care at home we coordinate support in Motherwell the same careful way we do elsewhere, with enhanced disclosure 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 Motherwell

• ✓ 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 Motherwell

Motherwell is the administrative heart of North Lanarkshire, a former steel town on the edge of the River Clyde valley with a proud community spirit. Care needs vary from street to street, and the town spreads across distinctive neighbourhoods such as Craigneuk, Forgewood, Muirhouse, Flemington, Ladywell, Netherton and Jerviston, along with the streets around the town centre and Airbles. Most of the area sits within the ML1 postcode, reaching out towards Carfin, New Stevenston and neighbouring Wishaw. Families here are often close by, and green spaces like Strathclyde Country Park, along with local fixtures such as Motherwell Football Club at Fir Park, are part of everyday life. We tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at University Hospital Wishaw or University Hospital Monklands in nearby Airdrie, both run by NHS Lanarkshire, which is the NHS board serving Motherwell and the rest of Lanarkshire. 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 Motherwell is arranged by North Lanarkshire Council through Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the council social work team for a free assessment of needs, followed by a financial assessment, and support is then put in place under self-directed support, which lets people choose how their care is delivered. Care at home services in Scotland are regulated by the Care Inspectorate rather than any English body. 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 Motherwell

Care homes, supported living services, care at home providers and NHS Lanarkshire teams across Motherwell rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. This part of what we do is national, so distance from our base is no barrier. 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. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache. You can see the full range on our staffing services page.

Areas of Motherwell we cover

We arrange home care and supply care staff across the town and the wider North Lanarkshire area, including:

• Motherwell Town Centre
• Craigneuk
• Forgewood
• Muirhouse
• Flemington
• Ladywell
• Netherton
• Jerviston
• Airbles
• Carfin
• New Stevenston
• Wishaw