SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 below good. 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. ?
Claydon Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 40 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Claydon Lodge Care Home is an independent 45-bed residential care home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC last rated the home in July 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in November 2022, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Derbyshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 16 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
Across Derbyshire, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2025. That is true of 93% of homes in Derbyshire. Hazeldene House Residential Home, 2.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
