Care services in Moray

How care services in Moray are graded

Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 185 of 199 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.

• Excellent (6) 1
• Very good (5) 53
• Good (4) 124
• Adequate (3) 6
• Weak (2) 1
• Unsatisfactory (1) 0

Care services in Moray

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Premium and Featured listings are promoted placements (the provider pays, or occasionally we give a plan) and appear first. They never change a grade.

Where care services are in Moray

Elgin 100 Forres 22 Lossiemouth 18 Buckie 17 Keith 17 Fochabers 10 Aberlour 8 Ballindalloch 2 Cullen 1 Drybridge, Buckie 1 Forres, Moray 1 Huntly 1 Rothes 1

The wider picture in Moray

• 46 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
• 11,031 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 13,714 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
• 39% of registered care services reported staff vacancies at 31 December 2024 (SSSC and Care Inspectorate; all types of service).

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Common questions

How many care services are there in Moray?

There are 199 registered with the Care Inspectorate and listed here (data as at 30 September 2026). The same address can hold more than one registration, so this is a count of registrations, not buildings.

How are care services in Moray graded?

The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 185 of these have published grades. For 178 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 1 it is Weak (2) or Unsatisfactory (1). A service with no grade has not been graded yet, which is common for new registrations.

How recently have they been inspected?

55 of the 199 were graded in the last 12 months. Each service page shows the date, because a grade describes the service on the day it was inspected.

How do I choose one?

Use the grades as a starting point, not a verdict: read the latest inspection report on the Care Inspectorate's own page for each service, visit if you can, and ask the questions that matter to you. Your council's social work department or health and social care partnership can also help. We do not recommend any one service.

Other care in Moray

Childminders 76 Nurseries and day care for children 61 Care at home services 23 Housing support services 17 Care homes 15