Care home · Ringwood
St Martha's
Illustrative photo, not of St Martha's- Address
- Linford Road, Linford, Ringwood, BH24 3HX
- Run by
- Oldercare (Haslemere) Limited (2 services)
- Service
- Nursing home, Long-term conditions, Hospitals - Mental health/capacity
- Beds
- 41 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- July 2019 (7 years)
- Registered manager
- Crispian Daniel Spring
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1996 (30 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03227281)
- Last CQC check
- 30 Mar 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury · Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 · Diagnostic and screening procedures
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-7003566232
About St Martha's
St Martha's in Ringwood is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Oldercare (Haslemere) Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (September 2025). It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Ringwood; 7 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How the scores break down
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, St Martha's scores 0%.
Safe 0%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 0%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 0%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 0%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 0%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 22 September 2025, published 26 September 2025 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Earlier inspections
- Mar 2020
- Sep 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 16 March 2020
Location and local area
- Ward
- Ringwood North & Ellingham
- Council
- Hampshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- New Forest West
- NHS planning area
- NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Smaller rural · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BH24 (14)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
The company behind St Martha's
St Martha's is run by Oldercare (haslemere) Limited (company 03227281), incorporated in 1996, 23 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Oldercare (Haslemere) Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
Key points from CQC's visit
- St Martha’s is a hospital for older people with mental health problems and is run by Oldercare (Haslemere) Limited.
- St Martha’s also operates a nursing unit for older people.
- The service can admit patients with a functional or organic mental health disorder.
- We spoke with 8 patients and observed the care and treatment of patients on wards.
Inspected 15 January 2020; report published 16 March 2020. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
What it may cost
We estimate St Martha's at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
Hampshire Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The five key questions
- Safe0% score368 of 446 in Hampshire
- Effective0% score398 of 446 in Hampshire
- Caring0% score411 of 446 in Hampshire
- Responsive0% score394 of 446 in Hampshire
- Well-led0% score332 of 446 in Hampshire
CQC key question ratings, published 26 September 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Hampshire share it.
The local picture
There are 8 other care homes within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Oak Mount Care Home, 0.9 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25).
6 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Ringwood North & Ellingham ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB.
The ratings in context
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 331 of the 445 other care homes in Hampshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 0% and its lowest is Well-led at 0%, averaging 0% overall.
How long it has been running
St Martha's has been registered with CQC since July 2019, about 7 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2020–2025), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Hampshire, 85% of the 445 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 26 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2025) is more recent than 80% of care home ratings in Hampshire.
- With 41 beds it is larger than 66% of care homes in Hampshire, where the typical home has 27.
- Registered with CQC in 2019: it has been registered longer than 26% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Hampshire lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Hampshire (Oct 2026).
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Questions about St Martha's
- What are St Martha's's fees?
- St Martha's has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,450 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is St Martha's rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How many beds does St Martha's have?
- CQC capacity for St Martha's: 41 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who runs St Martha's?
- On CQC's register the provider is Oldercare (Haslemere) Limited.
- Is St Martha's registered for dementia care?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- How recent is St Martha's's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 26 September 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- What type of care does St Martha's provide?
- St Martha's is registered for nursing homes, long-term conditions, hospitals - mental health/capacity. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is St Martha's?
- It is at Linford Road, Linford, Ringwood, BH24 3HX.
- Is St Martha's a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records St Martha's as a care home, location ID 1-7003566232 and was rated Good overall in September 2025.
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