SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?84%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe and effective staffingExceptional
Safe environmentsExceptional
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?88%★Outstanding
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
Supporting people to live healthier livesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?86%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Providing InformationExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?86%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Goldwell Manor Care Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 11 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Acacia Care (Chesterfield) Ltd, Goldwell Manor Care Home is a residential care home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire with 72 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Derbyshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in March 2025. It was Outstanding for effective and caring as well. CQC rated safe, responsive and well-led as Good. 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 15 were exceptional.
11 other homes in Derbyshire share its tier, “Outstanding”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. That is true of 93% of homes in Derbyshire. None of the 6 nearest homes is rated Outstanding.
