Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 month ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
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?50%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Hollin Knowle Residential 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%).
Run by Mr Mohammed Shamsul Islam & Mrs Shajeda Islam, Hollin Knowle Residential Care Home is a residential care home in Buxton, Derbyshire with 19 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people.
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in October 2018. The typical rating in Derbyshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 9 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe environments”.
In Derbyshire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2026. That is true of 93% of homes in Derbyshire. About 1.2 km away, Moore Care (Registered) Limited, Woodsmoore is rated Good.
