OSJCT Orchard Meadows

OSJCT Orchard Meadows is a home care agency based in Banbury, in the Oxfordshire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Trusted care across 70+ locations across Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Suffolk, West Sussex and Wiltshire. It is registered to care for older people and younger adults. Its website lists respite care. It is part of Orders of St John Care Trust, which has 7 branches in England. The agency has been registered since September 2011.

At its latest inspection, published December 2019, the CQC rated OSJCT Orchard Meadows Good, which means the CQC found the service performing well and meeting its expectations. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

OSJCT Orchard Meadows has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Oxfordshire with a rate on record typically charge about £28 an hour and £1,425 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

There are 166 registered home care agencies in Oxfordshire. Others working the same area include The Care Workshop Limited, Unique Senior Care - Tithe Lodge and Bluebird Care (Cherwell), 4 of which have a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.