Working at Home of Comfort Nursing Home
17 Victoria Grove, Southsea, PO5 1NF
Operated by Home of Comfort
30 bedsNursing homes
Workplace Score
6.3/10
AI analysis of latest data
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 6.3/10
Key Finding
"Staff feel supported by approachable management in a positive culture with good safety, but weekend staffing shortfalls rely on overtime and agency workers."
Safety & Risk
7/10
✓
Good safeguarding awareness with champion; safe unhurried medicines observed; incidents reviewed quarterly for trends and learning.
Staff Culture
7/10
✓
Staff said they enjoyed working there, felt valued, listened to, and supported by management.
Staffing Levels
5/10
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Enough staff per rota observations, but relative noted shortfalls at weekends and occasional use of overtime, bank, or agency staff.
Training & Dev
6/10
✓
Staff received variety of training including dementia, end of life, MCA/DoLS; Care Certificate induction; regular supervisions.
Management
7/10
✓
Staff felt supported by approachable registered manager who accommodates requests, acts on feedback, and promotes positive culture.
Programmes
6/10
✓
Range of activities including boogie mites with children, sing-alongs, pamper, exercise, theme nights; planning two activity coordinators.
Points to consider
Staffing is adequate but relies on overtime, bank staff and occasional agency workers, especially short on weekends.
one relative said, 'There are more staff in the week than there are at the weekends, there is ample in the week. I think they are short of staff at weekends.' ... staff shortfalls were mostly covered by their own staff doing overtime or through their bank staff however, on occasions they used two preferred agencies
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: February 2020
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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