Home care agency · Weymouth
Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset)
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
Free · 2 minutes · No obligation · Families helped this month: 4
Illustrative photo, not of Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset)- Address
- Unit 11, Basepoint Business Centre, 15 Jubilee Close, Weymouth, DT4 7BS
- Run by
- M D J French & Co Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- February 2015 (11 years)
- Part of
- Caremark
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (12 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09197251)
- Last CQC check
- 6 Nov 2019
- 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
Registered activities: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-1942622340
An overview of Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset)
Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) is a CQC-registered home care agency in Weymouth, run by M D J French & Co Ltd. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (November 2019). It is one of 38 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Weymouth; 25 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset)
Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) is run by M D J French & Co Ltd (company 09197251), incorporated in 2014.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
It trades under the Caremark brand, which covers 56 services run by 54 registered providers.
Registered specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
Inspection findings in brief
- People told us they felt safe and cared for by staff who were friendly, respectful and attentive to their needs.
- A relative said, "I have been very pleased and impressed with all the care and support my husband has received." However, we found improvements were needed in the management of people's medicines and some risk assessments were not person centred and lacked specific guidance for staff to follow.
- Also risks associated with providing care and support to people in their own homes had not been assessed or recorded.
- Quality assurance and governance systems were in place to assess, monitor, and improve the quality and safety of the services provided.
Inspected 27 September 2019; report published 6 November 2019. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe65 of 67 in Dorset
- Effective63 of 67 in Dorset
- Caring58 of 67 in Dorset
- Responsive63 of 67 in Dorset
- Well-led59 of 67 in Dorset
CQC key question ratings, published 6 November 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Dorset share it.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset): no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 58 of the 66 other agencies in Dorset that CQC has rated.
Choice nearby
There are 17 other agencies within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Birch Social Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
10 of the 12 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Melcombe Regis ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Dorset ICB.
Earlier inspections
- Feb 2017
- Nov 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 6 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 4 February 2017
Location and local area
- Ward
- Melcombe Regis
- Council
- Dorset Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Dorset
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban (further from a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in DT4 (17)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
With savings below £23,250, Dorset Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Track record
CQC registration dates from February 2015, so the service has been operating for around 11 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
No new overall rating has been published for 6 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
There are 2 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 6 November 2019.
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Where Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Dorset, 98% of the 66 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2019) is more recent than 15% of agency ratings in Dorset.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 82% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Dorset lists 5.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Dorset; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) questions answered
- Who runs Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset)?
- On CQC's register the provider is M D J French & Co Ltd.
- What services is Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) registered for?
- Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Is Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) charge?
- No fee list from Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) as a home care agency, location ID 1-1942622340 and was rated Good overall in November 2019.
- Where is Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) based?
- Unit 11, Basepoint Business Centre, 15 Jubilee Close, Weymouth, DT4 7BS. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- When was Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) last inspected?
- 6 November 2019 is when the current rating was published, 6 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Can Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset) care for someone with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
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