Live-in care in Chesham

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust does not list a hospital in Chesham. Its nearest is Amersham Hospital on Whielden Street, a community hospital with outpatient clinics and wards, but its page lists no minor injuries service. For minor injuries and illnesses, use the Urgent Treatment Centre at Wycombe Hospital, open 8am to 8pm every day. The Emergency Department is at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, open 24 hours. In an emergency, call 999.

Call Buckinghamshire Council's adult social care team on 01296 383 204, or refer yourself online through Care Advice Buckinghamshire, and ask for a Better Lives Assessment. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one. A social care worker talks with you first, then visits at a time that suits you, and a relative or friend can be with you. In an out-of-hours emergency, call 0800 999 7677.

Usually, yes. Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care provides Hospice at Home for patients of the practices in the Chesham and Little Chalfont network: The New Surgery, Watermeadow Surgery, Gladstone Surgery and Little Chalfont Surgery. Bucks Single Point of Access (01296 32 13 41) can confirm whether your practice is covered. The Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity's free FNH@Home team also cares for people at home across Buckinghamshire, usually on referral by the GP, district nurse or hospital consultant (01296 332 600).

Yes. The Chilterns Dial-a-Ride serves Chesham with accessible, door-to-door trips for people who cannot drive or use buses because of age, illness or disability, from 8.30am to 5pm on weekdays. Membership is £20 a year, and journeys should be booked at least four days ahead on 01494 766123. It will take people to hospitals outside its area, including Stoke Mandeville.

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Chesham, the same as everywhere in England, for one person with a carer who rests at night. That includes our care team's management (the assessment, care plan, reviews, supervision and the on-call manager) and the carer's food; break cover and the carer's travel are extra. For a couple it is from £1,800 a week, where one carer can safely meet both partners' needs. You receive a written quote after a free assessment.

Yes, if the person's care needs meet the national eligibility criteria and their savings are below £23,250 (2026/27). Adult social care in Chesham is arranged by Buckinghamshire Council. Ask for a care needs assessment; if you are eligible, council funding can usually be taken as a direct payment and used for live-in care from us.

It can. Tell us the expected discharge date as early as you can, and we will work with you and the ward's discharge team on when live-in care can start. We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of the assessment, depending on carer availability, and we confirm the start date once a carer is arranged. We have provided Discharge to Assess (D2A) care since 2014.