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Portsmouth City Council

CQC lists 3 care homes run by Portsmouth City Council, all of them in South East. England's Good or Outstanding share for the same service types is 83%, and Portsmouth City Council's is 67% of 3 rated services.

  • 3services on the CQC register
  • 67%share of rated that are Good or Outstanding
  • 0Outstanding
  • 0rated within two years · 2 over 4 years ago

Portsmouth City Council: CQC ratings by key question

CQC areaRated OutstandingRated GoodRated Requires improvementRated Inadequate
Overall rating0210
Safe0210
Effective0210
Caring0300
Responsive0210
Well-led0120

Services by current CQC rating; first service registered January 2011; total care home capacity 124 beds.

About Portsmouth City Council's services

Below Good: 1 of 3 rated services, or 33%, where England's figure for a similar mix is 17%. Outstanding: 0%, where England's is 5%.

Shearwater is Portsmouth City Council's largest care home at 60 beds and Russets the smallest at 18. Across 3 homes the total is 124, or 41 per home.

Registration dates run from January 2011, when Russets in Portsmouth was registered, to April 2020, for Harry Sotnick House in Portsmouth.

Key questions compared: Well-led has 2 of 3 services below Good, the most of the five; Caring has 3 of 3 at Good or Outstanding, the highest share.

Region by region: South East (3 care homes).

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Service by service, against the area

For every location, the share of similar local services rated Good or Outstanding, and how recent its own rating is.

LocationCurrent ratingCouncilGood/Outstanding in the areaRecency vs area
Harry Sotnick HouseGoodPortsmouth73% of 3057% locally
RussetsRequires improvementPortsmouth73% of 3067% locally
ShearwaterGoodPortsmouth73% of 3037% locally

Care homes run by Portsmouth City Council

NameLocationRatingBeds
Harry Sotnick HousePortsmouthGood Rated Jun 202246
RussetsPortsmouthRequires improvement Rated Feb 202318
ShearwaterPortsmouthGood Rated Jun 201960

Ratings belong to individual services rather than to the group. Taken from CQC's register and its ratings in Oct 2026, under the Open Government Licence (version 3.0). Other care groups.

What people ask about Portsmouth City Council

How many services are run by Portsmouth City Council?

Portsmouth City Council is responsible for 3 care homes on the register, with 124 care home beds.

How does CQC rate Portsmouth City Council's services?

67% Good or Outstanding across Portsmouth City Council's 3 rated services (0 Outstanding, 2 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 0 Inadequate). Ratings are per service, so look at the specific one.

Are Portsmouth City Council's CQC ratings current?

In the last two years 0 services were rated, while 2 still carry ratings from over four years ago. How old care ratings are across England.

Register information from CQC as at Oct 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0 applies. We do not deliver care ourselves.

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