Working at Home Park Nursing Home
Home Park, Knowle Lane, Eastleigh, SO50 7DZ
Operated by Kendalcourt Limited
35 bedsNursing homes
Workplace Score
5.7/10
AI analysis of latest data
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 9 February 2026
Score: 5.7/10
Key Finding
"Accessible managers with an open-door policy and strong safeguarding, but basic activities like bingo and agency staff use hold it back."
Safety & Risk
7/10
✓
People were safeguarded from abuse by staff trained to protect them. Medicines were safely managed, and improvements had been made since we last inspected.
Staff Culture
6/10
✓
Regular meetings and surveys ensured the provider maintained good communications with staff, people and relatives.
Staffing Levels
5/10
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Recruitment was safely completed, and agency staff were used to maintain safe staffing levels. There were enough skilled staff deployed to support people and meet their needs.
Training & Dev
5/10
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Staff completed an induction when commencing in post at Home Park Nursing Home including training in areas such as moving and handling, safeguarding and basic food hygiene. Additional training was completed, and staff completed regular updates of mandatory training.
Management
7/10
✓
The service was managed in a positive way and staff could access the management team when needed as they had an open-door policy.
Programmes
4/10
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Comments included, 'We've started a knit and natter group... We have activities. There's Burns night this week, we are going to make cakes, oat biscuits and have haggis... film afternoons and bingo and quizzes'.
Points to consider
They use agency workers sometimes to keep staffing safe.
agency staff were used to maintain safe staffing levels
Only basic induction and mandatory training updates, nothing specialist.
Staff completed an induction... Additional training was completed, and staff completed regular updates of mandatory training
Just basic activities like bingo, quizzes and knit groups, no coordinator or special programmes.
knit and natter group... Burns night... film afternoons and bingo and quizzes
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: May 2023
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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