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Recruiting in Wirral

Staffing Wirral care homes in a shrinking working age population

The squeeze on Wirral employers comes from both sides. Between the last two Censuses the 35 to 49 age band lost around 13% of its members while people in their late sixties and early seventies grew by a fifth, and residential settings, with and without nursing, dominate local provision. Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge also draw on the same nurses and healthcare assistants, so homes with nursing feel the pressure most.

Geography helps a little. The peninsula is self contained, with the Mersey on one side, the Dee on the other and Merseyrail linking the northern towns, so many carers will consider homes anywhere along a rail line or bus route they already know. Liverpool is one tunnel away, which cuts both ways: it widens your pool but also tempts your staff.

Searching Carer Badge around a Birkenhead or Wallasey postcode shows who already lives close enough to cover an early shift without relying on the first train.

74% of the inspected care employers in Wirral are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across the North West and below England as a whole (85%).