SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?34%Inadequate
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Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 10 good, 23 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Ormsby Lodge is one of 29 care homes in Portsmouth: a 10-bed residential care home in Southsea, run by The Ormsby Group Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Portsmouth has 30 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2026. 83% of homes in Portsmouth also score 5. Across Portsmouth, 72% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The nearest home with a higher rating is Oakland Grange (Good), 0.1 km away. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. It is one of 2 homes run by The Ormsby Group Limited. 0 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
CQC last rated the home in November 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective, caring and well-led as well. Safe was rated Inadequate. Responsive was rated Good. Its previous rating, in August 2023, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Portsmouth, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 23 fell below good. The lowest was “learning culture” (significant shortfalls).
