Care services in West Lothian

How care services in West Lothian are graded

Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 323 of 379 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.

• Excellent (6) 0
• Very good (5) 99
• Good (4) 203
• Adequate (3) 19
• Weak (2) 2
• Unsatisfactory (1) 0

Care services in West Lothian

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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 West Lothian

Livingston 142 Bathgate 108 Broxburn 53 Linlithgow 28 West Calder 20 Winchburgh 4 Armadale 3 Kirknewton 3 West Lothian 3 East Calder 2 Falkirk 2 Livingstone 2 Whitburn 2 Blackburn 1

The wider picture in West Lothian

• 32 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
• 15,803 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 20,180 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
• 41% 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 West Lothian?

There are 379 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 West Lothian graded?

The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 323 of these have published grades. For 302 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 2 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?

135 of the 379 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 West Lothian

Childminders 129 Nurseries and day care for children 109 Care at home services 67 Care homes 32 Housing support services 32