Working at St Ronans Nursing and Residential Care Home
23-31 St Ronans Road, Portsmouth, PO4 0PP
Operated by John Pattison and Jane Helliwell
46 bedsNursing homes
Workplace Score
7.0/10
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 7.0/10
Key Finding
"Staff feel valued like a family with supportive management and good training, but busy periods mean some waits for help and activities are fairly standard."
Safety & Risk
8/10
✓
Robust Covid risk assessments for visitors and infection; adequate PPE/training/testing; per 2019 good safeguarding, risk monitoring, incidents analysed.
Staff Culture
8/10
✓
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: Staff feel valued like a second family, enjoy job, listened to in meetings, good team relationships.
Staffing Levels
6/10
✓
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: Sufficient staff observed with staff reporting manageable workloads via butterfly shifts, but mixed views from people and relatives on levels.
Training & Dev
7/10
✓
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: Staff offered specialist courses on dementia, diabetes, Parkinson's; comprehensive induction, regular supervision every 3 months.
Management
7/10
✓
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: The management team were open, approachable and supportive; staff spoke positively and felt fully supported.
Programmes
6/10
✓
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: Two life support workers provide varied activities including trips, entertainers, arts/crafts, quizzes, themed events like VE day.
Points to consider
Some residents and families say staff are busy at times and people wait for help like the bathroom.
People and their families had mixed views on the staffing levels in the home... 'At times they're very, very busy and they could do with more [staff]'... people were often left waiting for support when they needed to use the bathroom.
Activities are regular with dedicated workers but standard stuff like quizzes, crafts, trips and themed days, no specialist programmes.
The service employed two 'life support workers'... Activities provided included; visits from external entertainers, trips out... arts and crafts, music, quizzes, reminiscence, and exercises... themed days/weeks.
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: August 2019
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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