Home & Visiting Care in Hull

Hull • East Yorkshire

Flexible hourly home and visiting care in Hull

Not everyone needs round-the-clock support. Sometimes the difference between coping and struggling is a friendly Care Professional dropping in at the right moments each day, to help with a wash, a warm meal, the right tablets at the right time, or simply a bit of company. That is what visiting care is for. Across Hull and East Yorkshire we arrange flexible hourly care that fits your day rather than dictating it, from a single 30-minute check-in call to several longer visits spread across the morning, afternoon and evening.

Let us be clear about how we work. Protocol Healthcare Services is based in the South of England, so we do not run a shop-front office in Hull. We do, however, run a genuinely national service, coordinating vetted Care Professionals wherever families need them. Everyone we place has completed enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training before their first visit, and a consultant is available around the clock, so a family arranging morning calls in Kingswood gets the same care and oversight as one on our own doorstep.

What visiting care in Hull includes

• ✓ Short drop-in calls from 30 minutes
• ✓ Several visits a day, morning to bedtime
• ✓ Personal care, washing, dressing and continence support
• ✓ Medication prompts and reminders
• ✓ Meal preparation and help with eating and drinking
• ✓ Light housework, laundry and shopping
• ✓ Check-in and welfare visits for peace of mind
• ✓ Companionship and help getting out and about

Care that fits the day, not the other way round

A typical week rarely looks the same twice, so visiting care flexes to match. One client in The Avenues might have a single morning call to get washed, dressed and started for the day. Another in Bransholme might prefer four visits, wrapping around breakfast, lunch, tea and a settle at bedtime. A daughter who lives away can arrange a lunchtime check-in for her dad in Sutton so someone reliable lays eyes on him every day. Because visits are booked by the hour, you only pay for the support you actually need, and you can add or reduce calls as circumstances change.

Local knowledge across Hull

Hull is a port city on the Humber estuary, and its neighbourhoods each have their own rhythm. We arrange visiting care across the city centre and the historic Avenues off Beverley Road, the estates at Orchard Park and Bransholme, out through Sutton, Newland and Kingswood, and across to the western communities of Cottingham, Anlaby, Willerby, Kirk Ella and Hessle near the Humber Bridge. Whether it is a terraced home close to the centre or a bungalow on the western fringe, across the HU1 to HU9 postcodes, we build the visit plan around the person and the property.

Visiting care is often the natural first step home after a hospital stay. When someone is discharged from Hull Royal Infirmary on Anlaby Road or Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, both run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, well-timed calls make a real difference: prompting medication, encouraging fluids and movement, and spotting early signs that something is not right. Keeping those first weeks steady is one of the best ways to avoid an unnecessary readmission.

Funding and the cost of visiting care in Hull

Visiting care is charged by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly cost depends entirely on how many calls you need and how long each one lasts. We give you a clear quote up front. Many Hull families self-fund, but you may qualify for help: Hull City Council, which runs East, West and Hospital locality teams, can carry out a free care needs assessment followed by a financial assessment. Care at home in England is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which sets the standards every good provider works to. Our team is happy to talk through the options, and you can read more on our paying for care guide.

More than home care: staffing for Hull providers

We are also an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency with national reach. Care homes, supported living services and NHS teams across Hull turn to us for reliable cover, from NMC-registered nurses and support workers to mental health and learning disability specialists. If you run a service in East Yorkshire, see our staffing services overview.

Areas of Hull we cover for visiting care

We arrange hourly visiting care across the city and its surrounding communities, including:

• City Centre
• The Avenues
• Bransholme
• Orchard Park
• Sutton
• Newland
• Kingswood
• Cottingham
• Anlaby
• Willerby
• Hessle
• Kirk Ella