Care services in Scottish Borders

How care services in Scottish Borders are graded

Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 196 of 210 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.

• Excellent (6) 2
• Very good (5) 50
• Good (4) 127
• Adequate (3) 16
• Weak (2) 1
• Unsatisfactory (1) 0

Care services in Scottish Borders

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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 Scottish Borders

Galashiels 37 Hawick 30 Duns 22 Melrose 22 Peebles 20 Kelso 16 West Linton 13 Selkirk 11 Jedburgh 9 Eyemouth 8 Innerleithen 5 Lauder 4 Biggar 2 Coldstream 2

The wider picture in Scottish Borders

• 51 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
• 16,370 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 20,620 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
• 35% 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 Scottish Borders?

There are 210 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 Scottish Borders graded?

The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 196 of these have published grades. For 179 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?

71 of the 210 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 Scottish Borders

Nurseries and day care for children 79 Childminders 44 Care at home services 35 Care homes 24 Housing support services 24