Broomhill Care Centre

Nursing home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire

CQC Requires improvement16 bedsDementiaNursing
NeighbourhoodGreen SurroundingsWell Served
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  • Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
AddressBroomhouse Whittington, Broomhill Road, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, S41 9EB
Beds16

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About

Broomhill Care Centre is a nursing home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, providing care for 16 residents. The home supports older people and younger adults with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health needs and sensory impairment. It is registered to deliver nursing care and dementia specialist support.

The Care Quality Commission rated Broomhill Care Centre as Requires Improvement in its 2021 inspection. The home was rated Requires Improvement for safety, effectiveness and responsiveness to residents' needs, and Requires Improvement for caring. The well-led key question was rated Good.

What inspectors found

CQC: Requires improvement

Report published 16 April 2021 · Last inspected 3 March 2021

Inspectors describe Broomhill Care Centre as a residential home for people living with dementia and complex mental health needs, with bedrooms over three floors reached by lift and a secure garden. Staff were found to understand safeguarding, medicines were managed safely, and there were enough staff, with activities and resident involvement encouraged. This inspection focused on infection prevention and control, where the home was found to need improvements that were acted on during the visit.

Strengths noted
  • Staff understood safeguarding and poor practice, and recruitment checks helped protect people from harm
  • Medicines were managed safely and people were supported to take them as prescribed
  • Risk management was generally thorough, with detailed and up-to-date guidance for staff
  • Accidents and incidents were analysed and used to drive service improvements
Areas to improve
  • Infection prevention and control and COVID-19 management needed improvement, including consistent use of personal protective equipment and regular cleaning
  • One person's risk plan relating to physical intervention and personal care needed more detail, which the registered manager addressed straight away

Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.

Care provided

Dementia
Nursing

Specialist care

Dementia
Mental health
Older people (65+)
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment
Younger adults (under 65)

Food hygiene rating

Very good

Food Standards Agency · inspected May 2025

What's nearby

GP surgery0.7 miles
A&E: Chesterfield Royal Hospital3.0 miles
  • Near a main road

Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsAdequate
  • Play SpaceAdequate
  • Golf CourseSparse
  • Public ParkSparse
  • Tennis CourtLimited
  • Bowling GreenAdequate
  • Playing FieldSparse

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAdequate
  • Restaurants & CafesSparse
  • Retail ShoppingAdequate
  • SupermarketsAdequate
  • TakeawaysAdequate

Fees and funding

Care typeWeekly feeSource
Dementia careFees on request—
Nursing careFees on request—
Funding accepted
Not stated

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Care fee trajectory

Indicative weekly fee by year, against what Derbyshire pays care homes.
YearCouncil rate (per week)
2024£910
2025£974

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Local health safety net

Broomhill Care Centre is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Chesterfield Royal Hospital, 2.9 miles away. The local GP practice is WHITTINGTON MOOR SURGERY, 0.7 miles away.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Chesterfield Royal Hospital · 2.9 mi
Nearest GP
WHITTINGTON MOOR SURGERY · 0.7 mi

Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.

Community & connection in Chesterfield

Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.

Charity

Age Concern Chesterfield and District

A voluntary organisation working for older people, their families and carers, by providing information, services and support and by tackling issues that affect older people in chesterfield, north…

1.3 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1143993)
Charity

Pathways: Chesterfield Day Centre for the Homeless

Our vision is that everyone in our community has a place called home. Our mission is to eradicate rough sleeping, to support those without a permanent home to achieve one and to prevent…

1.6 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1118638)
Charity

Dronfield and District U3a

The advancement of education, and in particular the education of older people and those retired from full time work.

5.8 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1189224)
Charity

Rhubarb Farm

Rhubarb Farm provides a diverse range of therapeutic activities specifically designed for adults with support needs. Situated in Langwith, we assist individuals with learning and developmental…

7.9 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1194757)

Information last reviewed October 2026.

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