SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?80%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 1 exceptional, 11 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Admiral Jellicoe House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 7 other homes in Portsmouth.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Admiral Jellicoe House is a 66-bed nursing home in Southsea, Portsmouth, run by The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Portsmouth has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Royal Mencap Society - 145 Kingsley Road, 0.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust runs 2 care homes, and 0 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in May 2026. In Portsmouth, 83% of homes score 5. 7 other homes in Portsmouth share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Portsmouth, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “safe and effective staffing” (significant shortfalls).
