Updated 1 October 2026
We assessed Fir Trees Independent Mental Health Hospital on 28 April 2026 and remotely on 5 May 2026. The inspection was unannounced.
Fir Trees provides services for male and female patients with mental health needs who require mental health rehabilitation. It is managed by the Alternative Futures Group, which is a registered charity who have several other mental health hospitals and community services within the Northwest of England.
Fir Trees is a 14-bed hospital and provides rehabilitation to both patients detained under the Mental Health Act and informal patients. It provides community-based inpatient mental health rehabilitation.
There was a registered manager in post at the time of our inspection, a controlled drugs accountable officer and a nominated individual for this location.
The service is registered to provide the following regulated activities: Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, Treatment of disease, disorder and injury, and Diagnostic and screening procedures.
At this assessment we assessed 1 assessment service group; Long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for working age adults, where we assessed 33 quality statements.
We assessed the service against `Right support, right care, right culture' guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.
We rated the service as good for the long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for working age adults.