Working at Holmewood Manor Care Home
Barnfield Close, Chesterfield, S42 5RH
Operated by Hallmark Healthcare (Holmewood) Limited
40 bedsNursing homes
Workplace Score
4.6/10
AI analysis of latest data
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 9 February 2026
Score: 4.6/10
Key Finding
"Staff feel supported by management and enjoy their work, but poor activities leave residents bored and medicines are not managed safely."
Safety & Risk
3/10
✕
People's medicines were not always managed safely... we found multiple discrepancies with the stock of medicines... medicine trolleys which had broken locks... plastic re-usable medicine pots were visibly dirty.
Staff Culture
6/10
✓
Staff felt supported by the management team. Staff told us they enjoyed working in the home and were committed to ensuring people received high quality care.
Staffing Levels
5/10
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There were enough care staff to meet people's needs, however more staff were needed to work in the kitchen and laundry.
Training & Dev
5/10
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Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: Staff received regular supervision and new staff received a comprehensive induction and shadowing period.
Management
4/10
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The service did not have a manager registered with the Care Quality Commission. However new manager had been appointed who told us they will submit appropriate application to become registered with CQC. Provider oversight failed to identify medicine issues.
Programmes
2/10
✕
People told us they felt there was not a lot of activities to keep them occupied. During the inspection we saw people were not engaged in any meaningful activities and people told us they were 'bored'.
Points to consider
No real activities or coordinator in place yet, so the job is mostly routine personal care and residents get bored.
People told us they felt there was not a lot of activities to keep them occupied... people were 'bored'
Medication mistakes and poor storage like dirty pots and broken locks make it unsafe.
we found multiple discrepancies with the stock of medicines... medicine trolleys which had broken locks... plastic re-usable medicine pots were visibly dirty
No registered manager in place and quality checks missed medicine problems.
The service did not have a manager registered with the Care Quality Commission... medicine checks were not always robust enough, they failed to identify the concerns we found
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: December 2021
Requires improvement
Safe
!
Requires improvement
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
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Requires improvement
Management Quality
Well-led: Requires improvement
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