Care in Scotland
Care at home services in Scottish Borders
35 care at home services in Scottish Borders, run by 21 providers. Of the 31 with Care Inspectorate grades, 28 (90%) have no area graded below Good.
Registered services
35
run by 21 providers
Average grade
4.5 / 6
Scotland: 4.5. The mean of each service's key-question grades.
Graded in the last 12 months
37%
13 of 35. A grade describes a service on the day it was inspected.
How care at home services in Scottish Borders are graded
Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 31 of 35 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.
- Excellent (6) 0
- Very good (5) 8
- Good (4) 20
- Adequate (3) 3
- Weak (2) 0
- Unsatisfactory (1) 0
Care at home 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 at home services are in Scottish Borders
Galashiels 9 Hawick 7 Duns 6 Peebles 4 West Linton 3 Kelso 2 Melrose 2 Newcastleton 1 Selkirk 1
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).
Common questions
How many care at home services are there in Scottish Borders?
There are 35 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 at home services in Scottish Borders graded?
The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 31 of these have published grades. For 28 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 0 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?
13 of the 35 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 All care in Scottish Borders
Source: Care Inspectorate open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0, as at 30 September 2026. Grades are never changed or estimated here. This is not a recommendation or care advice: see how to use this site and about the data.