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PCS Care - Digital Care Planning System 

Deliver safer, more consistent care across
every home

PCS Care is the UK’s most widely used digital care record. One way of working, whether you run one home or one hundred.

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Trusted by thousands of leading care providers

300,000+ residents
5,700+ UK care homes
5B+ care notes recorded per year

What customers say

With PCS, being able to record notes at the point of care means that we’ve been able to save, on average, about 1.5 to 2 hours per shift, per staff member. This was huge for us.
Melissa Jeffery, Caring Homes
Melissa Jeffery Head of Customer Facing Technology and Special Projects, Caring Homes Group
With PCS Care, we found an all-encompassing system that actually achieves its goals and does everything you want it to do as a care management system.
Jonothan Leet
Jonathon Leet Director of Operations, LifeCare
We’re committed to innovation and delivering the highest standard of care to ensure every member enjoys an enriched and elevated life. PCS digital solutions greatly assist me in achieving these goals. 
Cheryl Baird
Cheryl Baird Position Director of Care Operations, Loveday & Co
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 Proving safe, consistent care gets harder as you grow 

You’re under pressure to deliver safe, consistent care and prove it daily. But variation, manual processes and limited visibility make it hard to stay confident and inspection‑ready. 

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Inconsistent records across carers and shifts

Different teams and different processes create variation in how care is recorded

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Reactive compliance pressure 

Evidence is either hard to find, fragmented or incomplete, turning inspections into
high‑stress events.

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Limited visibility of risk 

Without real‑time oversight across every home, it’s difficult to spot issues early
and act with confidence.

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Deliver personalised care with clarity and consistency

Create structured care records to standardise without generalising. Residents receive personalised support, and teams gain more time for the personal touches residents and families expect. 

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Be ready for inspection anytime

Keep accurate, complete records as care happens, so your evidence is always up to date and inspections feel calm and well prepared in every home

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See risk clearly across every home

Access real-time insight across every home, helping your team spot issues earlier, act faster and lead with confidence. 

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How it works

PCS Care guides your teams through everyday care with clear, structured workflows. From planning to recording and reviewing care, everything is captured consistently as it happens.

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Create personalised
care plans 

Build clear, structured plans tailored to each resident.
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Follow guided
daily workflows 

Carers log tasks and observations quickly and confidently on handheld devices, using simple, icon‑led steps.
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Record care accurately
as it happens 

Capture observations consistently, without relying on free text. Reduce errors as carers log notes in the moment, rather than writing up later. 
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 Track care, risks and outcomes 

 Leaders see how care is going across the home or group, and where support is needed.
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Review and continually improve care 

View clear, easy-to-understand reporting to drive ongoing quality improvements.
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Transform the care your teams record everyday into evidence you can use

With PCS Care, your team records care the same way everywhere which means you get consistent, comparable insights.

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Clear, consistent reporting 

Structured inputs make reports accurate, comparable and always audit‑ready. Track quality and evidence care with confidence.

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Powered by our unrivalled dataset 

We use our deep, structured care data to help you uncover patterns, strengthen decisions and drive improvements. 

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Prove the quality
of your care 

Compare performance on 100+ metrics against similar homes locally and nationally with PCS Intelligence

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Identify risks sooner

Our unrivalled dataset powers insights helping you to spot patterns early, so your team can make well-informed decisions sooner.

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Switch to PCS

Switch with confidence, not disruption 

Moving to us from another system doesn’t have to be complex. With our support, you can switch smoothly, protect your data and keep every home running with minimal disruption. 

Case studies

Amicura care home, The Rivers

PCS Care is a fantastic piece of software that I highly recommend. Being accredited by the NHS Transformation Directorate and on the Assured Supplier list gives me confidence that PCS has been assured at the highest level.

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We often hear from our carers how PCS has transformed their days. One told us how she used to dedicate the last hour of each shift to paperwork. Now, one minute before she’s due to go home, she’ll find herself playing carpet boules with residents instead. She'd never have been able to do that before.
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Pricing

Pricing that scales with you 

Priced on the beds you manage, with the flexibility to grow when you're ready.

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One agreement across your organisation
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Priced per resident
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No hidden costs or surprises
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We take time to understand your homes, priorities and challenges to make sure you get the right setup from day one. 

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FAQs about PCS Care 

PCS Care is a digital social care record used by UK care homes to record, manage and evidence care delivery, helping you stay compliant, consistent and inspection-ready. 
PCS Care gives every carer the same structured way of recording, using icon-led steps instead of free text. Records look the same across carers, shifts and homes, so they are quicker to read and easier to compare. Agency and new staff follow the same workflow from their first shift.

PCS Care captures records as care happens, in the same structured format in every home. Evidence is complete and easy to find when an inspector asks, rather than rebuilt in the weeks before a visit. Group reporting shows managers the picture across every home.

Yes. Carers record care in the moment using simple, icon-led steps, so there is less writing up after the shift and less duplicate entry. That leaves more time for residents, and the evidence is already in the record when it is needed.

Every carer records care in the same structured way, so patterns across a home or group become visible sooner. Managers can see where attention is needed and act while there is still time. PCS Care supports your team's judgement. It never replaces it.

Yes. PCS Care is used by care providers of every size, from single homes to multi-home groups. It supports 5,700+ care locations and more than 290,000 care staff who record around 5 billion structured care notes a year.

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Through PCS Family, which reads the care record from PCS Care. Families can see what is planned and what has been delivered, and can share feedback with the home.

Providers switch for one consistent way of recording care across every home, evidence that is ready for inspection, and one trusted record in place of several disconnected systems. With PCS Care, teams record care the same way everywhere and leaders see the same view of every home. 

Our team plans the move with you, whether it is one home or a whole group. We support migration of your records, train your teams and support you through implementation, so care carries on as normal.

Our migration process is designed to carry your important records across securely, and they stay accessible in PCS Care. Your data stays yours throughout

PCS Care is built to be intuitive for fast, everyday use. Carers follow simple, icon-led steps on a handheld device, so new and agency staff can follow the same workflow from their first shift. Our team supports your homes through training and go-live.

 Yes. PCS works with 40 integration partners and offers more than 150 live integrations across 11+ care categories, so information moves between systems instead of being entered twice. PCS Care also receives verified NHS information through GP Connect.
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Yes. PCS Care works the same way whether you run one home or one hundred. Every carer records care in the same way, and leaders see a clear picture of each home and of the group.

Group reporting brings structured evidence from every home into one view, so regional and quality leaders can see how care is going across the group and where support is needed. 

CarerOS is how PCS solutions work together as one system, and PCS Care is first. From December 2026, PCS Care customers will have access to a homepage with a to-do list of actionable tasks. It's included in your current PCS Care pricing. Further solutions integrate with CarerOS through 2027.

PCS Care integrates with these NHS and healthcare systems:
 
GP Connect
Connecting care homes and GPs 
 
eRedBag
Resident information for emergency hospital admissions
 
Hospital pack
Easily produce hospital pack from your resident files
 
Personal Demographics Service (PDS)
Validate and trace a resident’s NHS number
 
National Record Locator (NRL)
Signposting for information across health and social care services
 
Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB)
Conforms to sector data standards
 

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Evidence care in the moment with medical-grade handheld devices

PCS Care monitoring
Oversight of care, risk assessments and records, plus reporting for audits and inspections 

PCS Care planning
Person-centred care plans for the social and medical needs of the people you support

Clinical best practice

Body map
Effectively manage wounds and infections with the Body Map

Fluid and nutrition monitoring
Cover your resident’s fluid and nutritional needs 

Oral care
Oral care tools for CQC compliance

Care alert alarm
Be alerted to critical actions

Medical-grade handheld devices
Option for secure Zebra mobile devices, maintained by us

Accidents and incidents
Quickly log incidents when they occur

Post-fall assessment tool
Automatically create the required post falls observations 

Pain assessment scales
Effectively identify and record pain levels at the point of care

Mental capacity assessment tool
Comentis's mental capacity assessments

Innovative hydration solutions

Smart cup fluid monitoring
Monitor fluid intake and prevent dehydration 

Built for care

Offline access
Record care notes uninterrupted with offline access

Organisational configuration
Configure settings across your home or group

Easy to use

Speech-to-text
Easily log care notes at the point of care

Icon-based interface
The fast and easy to make care notes

Action tags
NFC tags enable quick and seamless recording of care notes

Engaging with family

Family engagement module
Helps residents stay connected with the people who matter most

Photo stream
Take photos to upload to a shared or private gallery

Communication and teamwork

Effective handover
Clear notes for fast and easy handovers 

Observations and charts
Record vitals and view care note charts

Messaging
Send messages to staff devices 


Accessible information

Care sector benchmarking
Understand your data and performance in your region or nationally

Action plans
Supports government processes, create and track actions efficiently 

Group reporting
Review and react to key KPIs 

Dashboards
Community dashboard for alerts and notifications 

Bespoke reporting
Incorporate data from PCS Care into your own reporting tools 

Flexible reporting
Reporting at different levels, flexible and on-demand reporting to highest industry standards


Person-centred care planning

Person centred care plans  
Comprehensive person-centred care plans

Assessment tools
Access to a wide range of assessment tools

Person-centred interactions
Truly personalised care with person-centred interactions

Group activities
Quickly create group activities for residents to join  

Resident goals and outcomes

Who I Am
Be truly person-centred and understand residents’ individual needs

Plan care day
Plan a resident’s regular care requirements 

Personalised action preferences
Know how your residents prefer to be cared for

Matching staff and resident interests
Find out which staff and residents have similar interests

Goal tracking and outcomes 
Evidence goals and outcomes achieved  


Security made simple

Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Centrally control your device suite using our MDM

Audits
Audit changes made to care records 

NFC unlock
Keep your devices secure with the PCS Care app timeout

NFC location tags
Level up your PCS Care app security with a location tag

Role-based access
Control access rights with role-based access

IP address whitelist
Restrict access to PCS Care app and monitor to your organisation’s network 

Secure passwords and access
Set your organisation policies to enforce only strong passwords

Two-factor authentication
Protect your residents privacy and data 

Single sign-on (SSO) 
Securely access multiple applications and services

If you're an existing customer, start a live chat with us in your PCS Care app or go to Customer Support

If you're new to PCS, get in touch with us to book a demo. We'll listen to what you need and answer all your questions. 

Make the move to better care management

Join thousands of care homes already using PCS Care to reduce pressure, strengthen compliance and support their teams.