SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
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?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome 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: 27 good, 6 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. ?
Run by Sun Healthcare Limited, Tapton Grove is a nursing home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire with 61 registered beds. It is registered to care for people with dementia and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in March 2023, it was rated Good. Ratings in Derbyshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. That is true of 93% of homes in Derbyshire. In Derbyshire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 4 of Sun Healthcare Limited’s 5 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Brimington Care Centre (Good), 0.8 km away.
