Home care agency · Buckingham

ExemplaCare

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 4 March 2023 Rating 3 years old

Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate

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Address
Unit B, Bourton Business Centre, Buckingham, MK18 7DS
Run by
ExemplaCare Limited
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Community services - Nursing, Home care agency
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
March 2021 (5 years)
Registered manager
Angela Elizabeth Nottage
Company check
Active, trading since 2017 (9 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10723188)
Last CQC check
4 Mar 2023
Typical fees Estimated
£30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate

Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-10484149532

An overview of ExemplaCare

Registered with CQC as a home care agency, ExemplaCare is based in Buckingham, run by ExemplaCare Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.

Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (March 2023). It is one of 17 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Buckingham; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Budgeting for this agency

We estimate visits from ExemplaCare at £30–£37 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region. As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £350 a week.

Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Buckinghamshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.

Reading ExemplaCare's CQC ratings

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for ExemplaCare: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 48 of the 70 other agencies in Buckinghamshire that CQC has rated.

How it fits locally

There are 5 other agencies within 3 miles, 1 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is My Liberty Care Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.

4 of the 10 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Buckingham ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.

The five key questions

  • SafeGood53 of 71 in Buckinghamshire
  • EffectiveGood61 of 71 in Buckinghamshire
  • CaringGood63 of 71 in Buckinghamshire
  • ResponsiveGood63 of 71 in Buckinghamshire
  • Well-ledGood49 of 71 in Buckinghamshire

CQC key question ratings, published 4 March 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Buckinghamshire share it.

History with CQC

ExemplaCare has been registered with CQC since March 2021, about 5 years.

CQC has rated it once overall, as Good, in March 2023.

It has gone 3 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.

The registered provider

ExemplaCare is run by Exemplacare Limited (company 10723188), incorporated in 2017, 3 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other human health activities and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).

Registered specialisms

From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.

Rating history

  1. Mar 2023 Good
  2. Today Rating 3 years old

Published CQC ratings in date order.

Inspection reports to read

Finding it

Ward
Buckingham
Parliamentary constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley
NHS area (integrated care board)
NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
Area classification
Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Home care in MK18 (7)

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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.

Key points from CQC's visit

  • People and relatives told us they were happy with the service they received.
  • Comments included, "My overall impression of this service is excellent," "My carers are excellent.
  • They take me for a walk and I am very happy with them all.
  • I have no complaints at all" and "They are all very kind towards her and I know she enjoys having them with her." We found improvements could be made to recruitment practices.

Inspected 8 February 2023; report published 4 March 2023. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

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What families ask about ExemplaCare

How did ExemplaCare score on each CQC key question?
The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
What are ExemplaCare's fees?
We don't have published prices from ExemplaCare yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
Who runs ExemplaCare?
The registered provider is ExemplaCare Limited, according to CQC.
What kind of care can ExemplaCare offer?
Registration for ExemplaCare covers: community services - nursing, homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
How recent is ExemplaCare's CQC rating?
The latest rating is dated 4 March 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
Can ExemplaCare care for someone with dementia?
Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
Is ExemplaCare regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
It is. The CQC register records ExemplaCare as a home care agency, location ID 1-10484149532 and was rated Good overall in March 2023.
What is ExemplaCare's address?
Its office is at Unit B, Bourton Business Centre, Buckingham, MK18 7DS. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.

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