Home Care in Chesterfield

Chesterfield has 51 CQC registered home care agencies. 37 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement, and 11 have not yet been rated. 28 of the 51 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Chesterfield at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Chesterfield, to help you judge the options below.

  • Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies.
  • People aged 75 and over: 12,000. Rising to 14,100 by 2035, up 17%
  • Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,500. Rising to 1,900 by 2035, up 25%
  • People aged 85 and over: 3,000. Rising to 4,500 by 2035, up 49%
  • Dementia diagnosis rate: 64%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Derbyshire as a whole is 67%.
  • Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 3 closed. 26 registered today.
  • Choice of agencies: 136 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Planning and Paying for Care at Home in Chesterfield

Cost is usually the first question a family asks and rarely the first one that can be answered. What someone pays for support at home depends on how much of it they need and at what times of day, and that is established through an assessment rather than read off a price list. Getting that assessment underway early is the most useful thing a family can do, because both the care plan and the funding decision follow from it.

Asking for a Care Needs Assessment

Any adult who appears to need care and support can request an assessment, and it is provided free of charge whatever their savings. Derbyshire County Council is responsible for carrying it out for people living in Chesterfield and for arranging funded support where someone is eligible for it. A practitioner will go through the ordinary shape of a day, looking at washing and dressing, medication, meals, mobility and safety, and will record the outcomes the person wants rather than simply listing tasks. Even families who expect to pay privately gain from this, because the resulting plan gives a clear specification to take to any agency.

What Support at Home Tends to Cost

Care at home is normally charged by the visit or by the hour, so the weekly figure follows the number of calls and how long each one lasts. Early mornings, evenings, weekends and waking nights usually attract a higher rate, and live in care is priced on a wholly different basis. Where the council funds part of the cost, the support can often be taken as a direct payment, allowing the person to choose and manage their own agency rather than accept a commissioned one. Ask each agency for a written rate card covering bank holidays, travel and any charge for cancelling a visit at short notice.

Choosing a Home Care Agency in Chesterfield and What to Check

Fifty one agencies is a substantial field, and narrowing it sensibly matters more than working through it exhaustively. Two of them are rated Outstanding, thirty five Good and one Requires Improvement, while thirteen have not yet been rated at all. Those figures give a starting shape to the list, though availability at the hours you need will often narrow it faster than any rating does.

Reading the Ratings With Care

An agency without a rating is not necessarily a poor choice, since one registered recently may simply be waiting for a first inspection, but it does mean there is no independent report to weigh. Where a rating exists, the report behind it explains which of the key questions was marked down and why, and a single administrative concern reads very differently from a finding about the care itself. Check the date as well, because a report published some years ago describes a staff team and a manager who may since have changed.

Questions That Reveal How an Agency Runs

Ask how many different carers are likely to attend over a fortnight, and what the agency does to keep that number low. Ask what happens when a regular carer is ill, whether families are told if a visit will be late, and how much flexibility there is if hospital appointments or family visits change the pattern of a week. Find out who answers the telephone in the evening and at weekends, how a concern is raised and what the agency does with it. The clarity of those answers tends to tell you as much as any document.

51 home care in Chesterfield (showing 1–50)

  1. Addi Care Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  2. United Response - Spire DCA · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  3. Bluebird Care (& NE) · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  4. Community Rehabilitation Management · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  5. Nurse Naomi · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  6. Handley Care Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  7. Daisy-Healthcare · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  8. Agrade Community Care Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  9. Millennium Homecare Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  10. Eyam Domiciliary Service · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Outstanding
  11. Peak Home Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  12. Liaison Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  13. Magna Homecare · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  14. Ash Green Learning Disability Centre HQ · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  15. Home Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  16. Carers Sitting Service · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  17. DCC North East Home Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  18. My Homecare · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  19. Just a Little Company · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  20. Helping Hands · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  21. SureCare · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  22. The Right Home Care Team · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  23. Voyage (DCA) North · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  24. E-Rock Care Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  25. Peak Care Homecare · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Requires improvement
  26. Compass Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  27. Homecare Domiciliary and Domestic · Dunston Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  28. One to One Support Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Outstanding
  29. Homecare · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  30. Care Relief Team - Unit 8 The Bridge Business Centre · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  31. Individual Homecare Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  32. Josh's Care Company · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  33. AMG Nursing & Care Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  34. WEF Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  35. Disabled Children Service North -The Outback · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  36. Generations Care Agency · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  37. J S Parker - South West Centre · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  38. Novelty Healthcare · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  39. Oice Support Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  40. DCC Home Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  41. Newdon Health Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  42. Willowstone · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  43. Head Office · Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  44. DCC Bolsover Home Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  45. Golden Years Support Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  46. Complete Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  47. Tender Loving Care Services · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  48. Revolution Home Care · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  49. Senescence Care Agency · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  50. Serendipity Healthcare · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good

What home care costs

Type of careWhat it costs
Hourly care visits, East Midlands Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few Derbyshire agencies publish a rate.£30.58 to £32.23 an hour
What Derbyshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.£29.75 an hour
Homecare Association minimum price 2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum.£34.42 an hour
Live in care, England Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455.£1,250 to £1,668 a week

Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Inspected most recently

Longest since a report

Frequently asked questions about home care in Chesterfield

How many home care agencies are there in Chesterfield?

Chesterfield has 51 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 37 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 11 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does home care cost in Chesterfield?

Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few Derbyshire agencies publish a rate. Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.

Which home care agencies in Chesterfield were inspected most recently?

Chesterfield Home Care Ltd (31 July 2026), Compass Care Derbyshire Ltd (6 July 2026) and Individual Homecare Services (6 July 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

Related searches

Home Care near Chesterfield