Care home · Chesterfield
Saint Elkas Care Home
Top rated 2026 · one of the services in Derbyshire rated Outstanding by CQC
Illustrative photo, not of Saint Elkas Care Home- Address
- 75 Hill Top, Bolsover, Chesterfield, S44 6NJ
- Run by
- Saint Elkas Limited
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 10 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- June 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Patricia Louise Coughlan
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2010 (16 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07178888)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Jun 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-228978904
An overview of Saint Elkas Care Home
Saint Elkas Care Home in Chesterfield is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Saint Elkas Limited. Its registered specialisms include mental health conditions.
CQC rated it Outstanding overall (June 2026). It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bolsover; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Likely fees
We estimate Saint Elkas Care Home at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
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Around Chesterfield
There are 11 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Vale Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
3 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Bolsover East ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (3 min), a park (5 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What the ratings tell you
Looking at the five areas: Effective and Caring are rated Outstanding; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Derbyshire, 6 of 222 rated care homes are Outstanding for Effective (3%), while 13 of 222 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (6%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 95% and its lowest is Safe at 72%, averaging 84% overall.
The report's Effective and Caring section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
Inspection findings in brief
- The service is registered to provide care for up to 10 people.
- The service demonstrated a proactive and positive culture of safety.
- Staff listened to concerns, reported incidents appropriately and took part in reflective reviews to understand root causes and embed improvements.
- People received exceptionally high standards of care from staff who knew and understood their needs extremely well.
Inspected 7 November 2017; report published 7 December 2017. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Saint Elkas Care Home over the years
CQC registration dates from June 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2014–2026), starting at Inspected but not rated and improving to Outstanding.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 7 December 2017.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe72% score178 of 222 in Derbyshire
- Effective92% score6 of 222 in Derbyshire
- Caring95% score13 of 222 in Derbyshire
- Responsive79% score192 of 222 in Derbyshire
- Well-led82% score161 of 222 in Derbyshire
CQC key question ratings, published 18 June 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Derbyshire share it; for example, 6 of 222 care homes in Derbyshire rated Outstanding for Effective.
CQC's scores in detail
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Saint Elkas Care Home scores 84%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 92%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment4 · Exceptional
- How staff, teams and services work together4 · Exceptional
- Supporting people to live healthier lives4 · Exceptional
- Monitoring and improving outcomes4 · Exceptional
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 95%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- Treating people as individuals4 · Exceptional
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs4 · Exceptional
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 79%
- Person-centred Care4 · Exceptional
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 82%
- Shared direction and culture4 · Exceptional
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders4 · Exceptional
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 10 April 2026, published 18 June 2026 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Past CQC ratings
- Jul 2014
- Nov 2015
- Dec 2017
- Jun 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 7 December 2017
- CQC inspection report 25 November 2015
- Inspection report 2 September 2014
- CQC inspection report 30 July 2014
- Inspection report 14 November 2013
- Inspection report 14 March 2013
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 19 September 2025 by Bolsover. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Saint Elkas"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Bolsover East
- Council
- Derbyshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bolsover
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in S44 (9)
Larger map · Plan a journey · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Nearby
- Bus stop 270 m (3 min walk) · 10 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Castle Street Medical Centre, 520 m (6 min walk)
- Pharmacy Rowlands Pharmacy, 590 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Castle Stores, 270 m (3 min walk)
- Park 390 m (5 min walk)
- Café Castle Cafe, 420 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Bolsover Methodist Church, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Library Bolsover Library, 670 m (8 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Ownership and company checks
Saint Elkas Care Home is run by Saint Elkas Limited (company 07178888), incorporated in 2010, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.
Who it can help
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
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How Saint Elkas Care Home compares
- Rated Outstanding. Across Derbyshire, 81% of the 221 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 11 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2026) is more recent than 89% of care home ratings in Derbyshire.
- With 10 beds it is smaller than 76% of care homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 31.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 65% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Derbyshire lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Derbyshire. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
Other care homes near Bolsover with recent ratings
- The Vale Care HomeMay 2025
- Millfield Nursing and Residential HomeJan 2026
- Elm HouseApr 2026
What families ask about Saint Elkas Care Home
- When did CQC last rate Saint Elkas Care Home?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 18 June 2026. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Does Saint Elkas Care Home support people with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- Is Saint Elkas Care Home a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-228978904 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Outstanding overall in June 2026.
- Where is Saint Elkas Care Home?
- It is at 75 Hill Top, Bolsover, Chesterfield, S44 6NJ.
- What services is Saint Elkas Care Home registered for?
- Saint Elkas Care Home is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Saint Elkas Care Home rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Saint Elkas Care Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Outstanding; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does Saint Elkas Care Home charge?
- Saint Elkas Care Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Who runs Saint Elkas Care Home?
- Saint Elkas Care Home is run by Saint Elkas Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many residents can Saint Elkas Care Home take?
- CQC capacity for Saint Elkas Care Home: 10 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.