SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 11 good, 22 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. ?
Moss Cottage Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 10 other homes in Tameside.
74% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Moss Cottage Nursing Home is a 34-bed nursing home in Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside, run by Caring Moss Cottage Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. 85% of homes in Tameside also score 5. Across Tameside, 74% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The nearest home with a higher rating is Guide Lane Nursing Home (Good), 1.3 km away.
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective was rated Good. That is down from Good in January 2022. Ratings in Tameside are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 22 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
