St Matthews Unit
Nursing home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Operated by St. Matthews
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About
St Matthews Unit is a residential and nursing home in Northampton, in the East Midlands, with 52 registered beds. It provides residential, nursing and dementia care, and its specialist support covers dementia, mental health and learning disabilities.
The Care Quality Commission rated the home Requires Improvement overall in its report published in 2023. Under its key questions, the home was graded Good for caring and Requires Improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led care.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 1 September 2023 · Last inspected 16 June 2023
Inspectors visited in June 2023 and found that staff know the people living at St Matthews Unit well and communicate with them in their preferred ways. Relatives and staff reported positive changes, including better communication and more consultation. The service is rated requires improvement, up from inadequate, and is no longer in special measures.
- Staff know people well and use each person's preferred way of communicating.
- Risk management has improved, and people have strategies to guide staff if they become distressed.
- People are mostly supported to make choices and to go out into their local community when they want, with enough staff available to do so.
- Staff have received extra training on people's health conditions and on how to respond when someone is distressed, and the provider has been open about past failings.
- Medicines management needs improvement, including missing written guidance for staff on why some as-needed medicines are given.
- Wound care and pain management need to improve.
- Care plans are still being updated to make them more person-centred.
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
Specialist care
Facilities
What's nearby
- 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. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsPlentiful
- Play SpacePlentiful
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkAdequate
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAmple
- Playing FieldAdequate
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
- Retail ShoppingPlentiful
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysPlentiful
Local crime statistics
840 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)
Top categories:
Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care | Fees on request | — |
| Dementia care | Fees on request | — |
| Nursing care | Fees on request | — |
- Funding accepted
- Not stated
Fees depend on the room and the care needed, so ask the home for a written quote. Check who pays with the funding calculator, or see what West Northamptonshire council pays.
Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £917 |
| 2025 | £965 |
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Local health safety net
St Matthews Unit is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Northampton General Hospital, 1.1 miles away. The local GP practice is THE CRESCENT MEDICAL CTR., 0.1 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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