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.
Trusted by thousands of leading care providers
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.Caring Homes
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.Lifecare Residences
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.Loveday & Co
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.
Different teams and different processes create variation in how care is recorded
Evidence is either hard to find, fragmented or incomplete, turning inspections into
high‑stress events.
Without real‑time oversight across every home, it’s difficult to spot issues early
and act with confidence.
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.
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
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.
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.
Create personalised care plans
Build clear, structured plans tailored to each resident.Follow guided daily workflows
Carers log tasks and observations quickly and confidently on handheld devices, using simple, icon‑led steps.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.Track care, risks and outcomes
Leaders see how care is going across the home or group, and where support is needed.Review and continually improve care
View clear, easy-to-understand reporting to drive ongoing quality improvements.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.
Structured inputs make reports accurate, comparable and always audit‑ready. Track quality and evidence care with confidence.
We use our deep, structured care data to help you uncover patterns, strengthen decisions and drive improvements.
Compare performance on 100+ metrics against similar homes locally and nationally with PCS Intelligence
Our unrivalled dataset powers insights helping you to spot patterns early, so your team can make well-informed decisions sooner.
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
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.
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.
Pricing that scales with you
Priced on the beds you manage, with the flexibility to grow when you're ready.
Explore more PCS solutions
Run a safer home. Build a more confident workforce. See clearly across every home. PCS solutions cover staffing, medication, training, family and life enrichment, so you can add what your homes need next.PCS Resource
Match staffing to resident needs, improve workforce planning, and support regulatory compliance
PCS eMAR
Simplify medication administration and ordering, minimise errors, and enhance workflows.
PCS Wellbeing
Turn everyday activities into measurable wellbeing outcomes for every resident.
PCS Family
Keep families close, informed and reassured about the care their loved ones receive.
PCS Learn
Turn training into a trackable system that evidences staff readiness for the care they deliver.
FAQs about PCS Care
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.
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.
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.
Discover more about our health and social care integrations
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.
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 app
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.