SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Planning for the futureExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?64%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 1 exceptional, 8 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Rayners Residential Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 8 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Rayners Residential Care Home is one of 125 care homes in Buckinghamshire: a 45-bed residential care home in Amersham, run by Rayners (Extra Care Home) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Buckinghamshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in July 2026. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from November 2017. Ratings in Buckinghamshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 8 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (some shortfalls).
Birchwood, 2.7 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. 8 other homes in Buckinghamshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire.
