SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Hollybank Nursing Home 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%).
An independent nursing home in Worksop, Derbyshire, Hollybank Nursing Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 30 beds. It is registered to care for older people and younger adults.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. 93% of homes in Derbyshire also score 5. 29 other homes in Derbyshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2025, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in November 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Derbyshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 14 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
