SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
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?90%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%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
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 30 good, 3 exceptional. 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. ?
Amberley Nursing Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Amberley Nursing Home is a 12-bed nursing home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, run by EMH Care and Support Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and people with an eating disorder. That is smaller than most homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. 93% of homes in Derbyshire also score 5. In Derbyshire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). EMH Care and Support Limited runs 3 care homes, and 2 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. Caring was rated Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from October 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in Derbyshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 3 were exceptional.
