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Working in care in Buckinghamshire

From the Vale of Aylesbury to the Chiltern towns: where is the care work in Buckinghamshire?

Buckinghamshire is a big county with one council and two quite different halves. The north is open farmland around Aylesbury, Buckingham and Winslow, while the south runs through the Chiltern Hills to High Wycombe, Chesham, Amersham, Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross on the edge of London. Aylesbury is the clear leader for care employers, High Wycombe comes second and Buckingham, Gerrards Cross and Chesham each a much smaller cluster.

Domiciliary agencies make up the biggest share of employers here, which fits a county with plenty of villages and a population density in the lowest third for England, according to the Census. Around 553,000 people lived here in 2021, nearly 10% more than ten years before, and the number aged 50 to 64 grew by about 16%. For most home care jobs outside the towns, a driving licence and a car make a real difference.

Buckinghamshire Council pays direct payments through a card or a managed account, and personal care from a self chosen PA is among the uses it lists. That creates one to one work across the county alongside agency rounds.

In the NHS, Buckinghamshire Healthcare runs Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, home of the National Spinal Injuries Centre, plus Wycombe Hospital and community health centres. Buckinghamshire College Group offers care and health courses in Aylesbury and Wycombe, from a Level 1 study programme up to an Extended Diploma and Access to HE for health professions.

75% of the inspected care employers in Buckinghamshire are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across the South East and below England as a whole (85%).