SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Brimington Care Centre is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 29 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Brimington Care Centre is one of 243 care homes in Derbyshire: a 45-bed residential care home in Chesterfield, run by Aurem Care (Brimington) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2026. 93% of homes in Derbyshire also score 5. 29 other homes in Derbyshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from June 2022, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in January 2019.
