Top rated in Derbyshire, 2026
Outstanding care homes and home care in Derbyshire (2026)
The Care Quality Commission currently rates 5 home care agencies and 10 care homes in Derbyshire as Outstanding. That is its top rating, and only 4.7% of rated care services across England have it.
CQC register, 19 October 2026
About the Derbyshire list
Among 5 Outstanding agencies here, 4 name dementia among their specialisms.
Providers with more than one Outstanding service in Derbyshire: Achieve Together Limited (2) and Milford Care Limited (2).
5% of the 458 rated home care agencies listed in Derbyshire are Outstanding, against 5% across England. Across England, 5% of rated care homes are Outstanding; in Derbyshire the figure is 5% of 220.
329 registered beds sit in Outstanding care homes in Derbyshire, across 10 homes: 3 with nursing and 7 without.
Of these 15 Outstanding ratings, 7 date from the past two years and 8 from over four years ago. The oldest belongs to Willowbank (August 2018); the most recent to Bright Opportunities Enabling Services Limited (October 2026).
Chesterfield has the most, with 5. Across Derbyshire, Outstanding services sit in 8 towns; the largest counts are Chesterfield (5), Belper (3), Swadlincote (2) and Buxton (1).
Outstanding home care agencies in Derbyshire
Care homes in Derbyshire with an Outstanding rating
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Who is included
There is no fee, application or nomination. Because a rating can be several years old, every profile shows the date it was published.
The only test is the current overall rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), England's independent care regulator: it must be Outstanding. Ratings come directly from CQC's published register. Each service is placed in the county of its nearest town on The Care Panel, and the list is refreshed every time we import new ratings, so services join when newly rated Outstanding and leave if they lose it.
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Provider details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is not a care provider.