Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Wigan

Wigan • Greater Manchester

Trusted care and staffing across Wigan

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers right across Wigan and the wider North West. For families we arrange home care that helps a loved one stay safe and independent at 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.

As an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency, our reach extends well beyond our home base in the South of England. We coordinate care and place vetted professionals in Wigan 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 Wigan

• ✓ 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 Wigan

Wigan is a large former mill and mining town in Greater Manchester, at the heart of a metropolitan borough of more than three hundred thousand people that also takes in Leigh and a string of surrounding communities. Care needs vary right across the borough, from the town centre and terraced streets to the more rural edges towards Standish and the West Lancashire border, and we tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service. We work throughout the WN postcode area, covering neighbourhoods such as Ince, Pemberton, Orrell, Aspull, Hindley, Ashton-in-Makerfield and Standish.

Local families often know us as much for the town's landmarks as for its geography, and few are more familiar than Wigan Pier on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. We regularly support people returning home after a stay at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary on Wigan Lane, part of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 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 borough is overseen by Wigan 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 Wigan

Care homes, supported living services, hospitals and community teams across Wigan 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. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache.

Areas of Wigan we cover

We work across the borough and the wider North West, including:

• Ince
• Pemberton
• Orrell
• Aspull
• Hindley
• Ashton-in-Makerfield
• Standish
• Leigh
• Marsh Green
• Beech Hill
• Whelley
• Shevington