SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Fir Trees is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Tameside.
74% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Fir Trees is a 46-bed residential care home in Dukinfield, Tameside, run by HC-One Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
Across Tameside, 74% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2026. 85% of homes in Tameside also score 5. HC-One Limited runs 66 care homes, and 54 of the 66 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2023. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. Safe was rated Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from December 2018.
