Person Centred Software, provider of the UK’s most widely used digital care planning system, has acquired Oomph Wellness, the wellbeing business for older adults.  

Following the acquisition, more than 5,000 care homes will have access to a multi-functional digital platform providing a range of services from clinical best practice to activity-based programmes. The organisation plans to roll the system across other care sectors internationally.  

Oomph provides training and support to staff in around 1, 200 UK care homes, including a wellbeing platform for staff and residents. Person Centred Software (PCS) offers a range of products and services, including the Digital Social Care Record planning system, used by more than 3,500 UK care providers.

PCS and Oomph have worked together for almost eight years, incorporating Oomph’s wellbeing activities into PCS’s Digital Care Planning system. Currently care home providers need to log in to multiple systems, but the acquisition enables the creation of a seamless user experience. The combined systems will enable care providers to measure the impact of health outcomes, activities, and wellbeing.

 “Our mission at Person Centred Software is to improve the lives of those living and working within care home communities across the globe,” said Andrew Coles, PCS chief executive. “Adding the Oomph product and team to the portfolio further drives us towards this goal. Oomph is another piece of the ecosystem of care jigsaw that focuses on the wellness of mind, body and soul.”  

The majority of the Oomph team will become part of PCS and focus on the Oomph product set, with the opportunity to migrate to other areas of the business. Oomph founder Ben Allen will join PCS to support the transition of new products into the business.

“We have worked closely with PCS for a number of years, most recently on the integration between Oomph on-demand and PCS, which allowed us to learn more about each other’s businesses in terms of how we can work together to impact and improve the quality of life positively,” said Allen.

“The care sector is highly fragmented, and that fragmentation is unfortunately felt within the supplier sector too, which ultimately creates a poor experience for care workers. However, the partnership with PCS will provide a unique chance to offer a single interface to an ecosystem of services in a way that will make a real difference.’’