Smart Choice Healthcare Ltd

Smart Choice Healthcare Ltd is a home care agency based in Leighton Buzzard, in the Buckinghamshire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 6 miles of its Leighton Buzzard office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. It is run by Smart Choice Healthcare. The agency has been registered since July 2021.

At its latest inspection, published November 2022, the CQC rated Smart Choice Healthcare Ltd 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.

Smart Choice Healthcare Ltd has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Buckinghamshire. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

There are 127 registered home care agencies in Buckinghamshire. Others working the same area include Your Own Home Care, Right at Home Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern and Clarity Homecare Luton. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.