St Mary's

101 Thorne Road, Doncaster DN1 2JT
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7.9 30 Reviews
  • St Mary's, Doncaster
St Mary’s Nursing Home was Established in 1987 and over the years has developed a reputation for high quality nursing and residential care. The home welcomes residents for a short stay for convalescent respite, just as warmly as it does those who wish to make this their permanent home. St. Mary’s Nursing Home is located in a residential area of Doncaster.

The building has a superb location enjoying a commanding south view over the Town Fields, and approximately half a mile from the Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Doncaster Town Centre. St Mary’s is a no smoking building, but a smoking area is available within the grounds. Situated in its own grounds, the home offers nursing and residential care. The Nursing Home has 56 single bedrooms and private gardens.

All religious denominations are represented, and should a service user require spiritual counselling, this would be arranged. There is a car park that can be accessed via St Mary’s Road behind the building for visitors and staff to use. All your needs will be catered for and the team's lengthy experience will provide the security of knowing you are in the best possible environment. Accommodation is over 2 separate floors for both male and female residents.

St. Mary’s Nursing Home provides regulated activity defined as Accommodation for persons who require Nursing/Personal care and Accommodation for persons who require treatment of disease, disorder or injury. Over 70% of their carers have an NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care.
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Care Provided by St Mary's

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Nursing Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 56 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia
  • Advanced/Complex Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease
  • Bariatric Care/Obesity
  • Convalescent Care
  • Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
  • Day Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Close to Local shops
  • Near Public Transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Residents Kitchenette
  • Television point in own room

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: from £724
  • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £724
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: from £724
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care: from £724

These prices are only a guideline, please contact St Mary's to find out the exact price for your requirements.

Contact St Mary's to confirm what exactly is included and get an estimate tailored to your care needs:

Funding Types Accepted

  • Self Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

Contact St Mary's to confirm what exactly is included and get an estimate tailored to your care needs:

Good to Know

Person in Charge

  • Sabrina Middlewood (Care Home Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: No
  • Last Refurbishment: 2001
  • Number of floors: 2

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (56)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (0)

Visiting

  • No restrictions.

Parking

  • Car park to the the rear of building.

St Mary's Reviews (30)

7.9

St Mary's has a Review Score of 7.9 (7.930) out of 10, based on 3 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time St Mary's has 30 reviews.

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Review from Stacey C (Friend of Resident) published on 3 October 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I would 100% recommended this care home to anyone. They’ve been absolutely amazing to our family member who was in their care for 18+ months. The carers were always lovely and welcoming and would go above and beyond for us all. The management always followed up to make sure everything was OK and the
level of care our nana received was amazing. She was always washed and put in clean clothes every day. The staff would get the hairdresser to come out and do her hair and always put 100% into their work. We couldn’t thank the carers and management enough for everything they’ve done for our nana and us as a family over the last 18 months.
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Review from Dennis B (Son of Resident) published on 3 October 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My mother was placed in this care home 18 months ago for end of life care and expected to only be with us for three months. Mum had a beautiful room that overlooked the town fields. Mum developed very good relationships with the management and staff as we all did as a family. Mum flourished in that
time and loved it in this nursing home. She recently passed away. The management and staff treated Mum with care and dignity right to the end.
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Review from Susan H (Niece of Resident) published on 4 July 2019 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My uncle has been a resident of St Mary's nursing home for over 2 years. He was admitted with various problems, including dementia. The home has been wonderful and I cannot praise it enough. The staff have cared for my uncle with love and compassion. They always had a smile and a friendly word for him.
The home is lovely and clean and the food was excellent. Nothing was too much trouble for them. My uncle has just passed away, but I would like to thank St Mary's for all their support.
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Review from Wendy S (Granddaughter of Resident) published on 4 July 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 1.0 out of 5
I was surprised at the smallness of the room for someone bedridden requiring a wheelchair or hoist. I think a tv wall bracket would serve better than raising it on a couple of empty boxes and could then be viewed from all angles and also free up valuable surface area. The introduction of twice daily
mouth care for those suffering with impaired swallowing would be of great benefit and less reliance on nutrition drinks. I would also recommend either dimmed wall lights or lamps so the client's room is not left in full darkness once the natural daylight fades. Extra fold away seating that relatives can help themselves to would be of benefit and the offer of refreshments would be a welcome gesture although on our visit a carer did kindly direct us to a local shop to buy some.
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Review from Susan M (Daughter of Resident) published on 30 March 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
There will never be enough words of thanks saying how our dear Mum was nursed and cared for to the end of her life.


I would love for the Manager to use my words which sum it all up.
"St Mary's is as homely as a home, with End of Life nursing and care to equal a Hospice".


I would spend many

hours with our Mum, and my brother many hours more. We saw others who are living at St Mary's for their daily care. Excellent care that I could not have improved on.
Mum was End of Life care and her nursing was Gold Standard and her daily care, First Class.


St Mary's is all you could wish for as your Dear One comes to The End.

Reply from Sheila Horrocks, Care Home Manager at St Mary's
Thank you so much for your lovely review of St Marys.
It does mean a lot to us to hear such praise of our staff.
Thank you again.
Best wishes for the future.
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Review from B Y (Son-in-law of Resident) published on 14 December 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My Mother-in-law has now been in St Mary's for approximately 6 months. Her general state of health has generally improved. The staff (all) know her and understand her, have time for her and generally show a caring attitude. My visits are always unannounced but I always find my Mother-in-law nicely dressed,
no stains and not smelling of incontinence.
Reply from Sheila Horrocks, Care Home Manager at St Mary's
Thank you very much for your review of St Marys care home.
I am so pleased that you found the care that your Mother in law received to be of a high standard, and that her health improved during her…read more
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Review from Robert R (Relative of Resident) published on 22 November 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 2.0 out of 5
Care is reactive as opposed to proactive, issues raised are to an extent treated with a degree of disregard, or put down to staffing levels.
The above are views based on visits made and personal and family issues.
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Review from Ann M (Cousin of Resident) published on 26 October 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Carers are very helpful. Seem very good and very clean.
Reply from Sheila Horrocks, Care home manager at St Mary's
Thank you very much for your review for St Marys.
We do appreciate you taking the time to let us know your thoughts.
I am so pleased that you found our carers to be hard working, and that you were…read more
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Review from Cecily J (Friend of Resident) published on 20 October 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
I was quite surprised at the smallness of the rooms.There is not much room to manoeuvre of wheelchairs or if bedridden space for visitors.
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Review from H R (Friend of Resident) published on 15 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Lovely clean home, nice clean rooms, good day room, good meals, lovely staff, plenty for people to do, good gardens to go and sit in.
Reply from Sheila Horrocks, Home Manager at St Mary's
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review, we really do value the feedback. We strive to create a pleasant living experience for our residents in our comfortable home and we are pleased to hear…read more
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Current Review Score: 7.9 (7.930)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 7.9 (7.930) out of 10 for St Mary's is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.4 out of 5 from 3 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.5 out of 5 from 3 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.412 for St Mary's is calculated as follows: ( (18 Excellents x 5) + (13 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 34 Ratings = 4.412
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 3.518 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for St Mary's is based on 3 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 = 3.25
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 56 registered maximum number of service users is 11.2. 3 Positive Reviews ÷ 11.2 = 0.268
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 5 Mar 2025

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Requires improvement
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Sabrina

Sabrina Middlewood

Job Title: Manager

My name is Sabrina Middlewood. I am 45 years old and I have lived in Doncaster all of my life. I first began my working life in retail for 10 years. I married in 2001 and had my first daughter in 2001 after having my daughter, I worked at home on the phone. When my first daughter was 2 years old, I got a weekend retail job. I had my second daughter in 2007. After my maternity leave had ended, I went to Doncaster College and completed my Access to Nursing course. After this, I went to University to complete my nursing degree, which took three years. It was hard juggling my life with my marriage, children and my university degree without the support of my family; this would not have been possible. When I had completed my nursing degree, my first nursing post was in a care home. The care home I worked at had 20 nursing residents and 20 residential. After a while, I applied to Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where I was given a position as a gastroenterology nurse. I worked there for five years. I really enjoyed my post there; it was challenging, busy, and an acute medical ward. I have also worked in other areas within the hospital, which has given me valuable experiences in other fields of practice. I have worked at Doncaster Royal Infirmary throughout my nursing career. I have worked in the Haemodialysis unit, Orthopaedics, cosmetic surgery and endoscopy. I am dedicated to giving the best care to any individual I am caring for, and I see all residents as my extended family. I am a very passionate person when it comes to any individuals who need help or support.


I work extremely hard, but I also like to have fun. I think it is imperative to enjoy your life at home and at work, and have a balanced home and work life.

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