What System C does

System C is a UK-based private software company, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Maidstone, that supplies integrated IT platforms to the NHS, UK local government, and selected international public-sector health systems. The company is the only British vendor focused exclusively on healthcare, social care, and education, and operates across two principal verticals: healthcare software (CareFlow EPR, CareFlow Medicines Management including EPMA and Pharmacy, ChemoCare, and the BadgerNet Maternity and Neonatal suite) and local government software (the Liquidlogic suite covering adult and children's social care, education, finance, and commissioning). Its products are cloud-native and hosted on Microsoft Azure, with a national-instance architecture for BadgerNet that manages approximately 60% of UK pregnancies and is present in 99%+ of UK neonatal units. ChemoCare is used by 80% of NHS centres and CareFlow Pharmacy by 90%+ of Integrated Care Systems in England, processing approximately £9 billion of procurement annually across 350+ hospital sites and 140 organisations.

The company's revenue model is primarily SaaS subscription licensing under multi-year enterprise contracts negotiated through NHS procurement frameworks, supplemented by implementation and professional services. Disclosed deal sizes include a £20 million Staffordshire County Council partnership and a £10 million CareFlow EPR deployment at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. Distribution is exclusively direct enterprise sales — there are no resellers or self-serve channels — targeting NHS acute, mental health, and community trusts, Integrated Care Systems, and UK local authorities. The company has expanded internationally via government-to-government deals with Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora, six-year partnership to March 2031) and Ireland's HSE (national CareFlow Pharmacy rollout), and has executed four acquisitions since 2023 (Clevermed, Oxford Computer Consultants, CIS Oncology, MYP Technologies) to broaden the product portfolio.

Name

System C

Legal name

System C

Website

https://systemc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

System C is a UK private software company that provides cloud-native electronic patient records, medicines management, maternity/neonatal, and social care case management platforms exclusively to the NHS, UK local government, and selected international public-sector health systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare IT Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Patient Billing, Statements & Payment Processing (HLACACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Patient Intake, Digital Registration & eForms (HLACAEAF), Patient Access, Registration & Intake (Front-End RCM) (HLACACAE)

Keywords

• Healthcare IT software
• Electronic patient records
• Social care case management
• Maternity neonatal systems
• Hospital pharmacy software

Headquarters

HQ city

Maidstone

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription Licenses: System C operates primarily as a SaaS/software-as-a-service provider to NHS trusts and local government authorities. Customers pay subscription fees for access to EPR, pharmacy, medicines management, maternity/neonatal, and social care case management platforms. Contracts are multi-year (e.g., Staffordshire County Council five-year initial term with two five-year extensions). Revenue is recurring in nature, supported by NHS procurement frameworks.
2. Implementation and Professional Services: System C provides digital transformation implementation services including configuration, data migration, training, and go-live support. These services are bundled with software deployments, particularly for large NHS trusts and local authority deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

System C designs, builds and sells cloud-native, AI-powered software platforms to NHS trusts, Integrated Care Systems, and UK local government authorities. Its healthcare portfolio covers electronic patient records (CareFlow EPR), pharmacy and electronic prescribing (CareFlow Pharmacy, CareFlow EPMA, ChemoCare), and maternity/neonatal records (BadgerNet Maternity, BadgerNet Neonatal, BadgerNet EPAGU). Its Liquidlogic suite provides adult social care, children's services and education case management to local authorities. Revenue is primarily multi-year SaaS subscription licensing bundled with implementation and professional services.

Product overview

System C offers a platform-plus-modules architecture serving NHS hospitals, local authorities and education services across healthcare, social care and education. Healthcare solutions include CareFlow EPR (cloud-native electronic patient record), CareFlow Medicines Management combining CareFlow EPMA and CareFlow Pharmacy for prescribing and pharmacy operations, BadgerNet Maternity and Neonatal (maternity and perinatal EPR used for 60% of UK pregnancies and 99.9% of UK neonatal units), ChemoCare (UK's leading chemotherapy prescribing system), and CarePlus Child Health. The company acquired CIS Oncology in 2024 adding ChemoCare/ChemoWS/ChemoPro oncology suite. Local government offerings centre on the Liquidlogic platform for adults, children's and education case management, plus Liquidlogic Social Care Finance and Commissioning modules. AI offerings include CareFlow Ambient AI for outpatient consultations, Liquidlogic AI embedded in social care case management, and FormFlow AI Assistant for automated form completion. Additional products span pharmacy automation (PharmaTrac), logistics (MedTrac), Shared Care Records, and Azure cloud hosting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BadgerNet: Perinatal care record platform encompassing BadgerNet Maternity (paperless maternity care management), BadgerNet Neonatal (EPR for neonatal units), and BadgerNet EPAGU (Early Pregnancy and Gynaecology Unit). BadgerNet Maternity manages approximately 60% of UK pregnancies and supports nearly 400,000 births per year. BadgerNet Neonatal is present in 99.9% of UK neonatal units.
• CareFlow
• Liquidlogic
• ChemoCare
• CarePlus Child Health
• Mauro
• FormFlow AI Assistant
• MedTrac
• PharmaTrac

Products and services

• CareFlow EPR A cloud-native, AI-powered and mobile-enabled Electronic Patient Record (EPR) that delivers a unified patient view with actionable clinical insights, for NHS hospitals undergoing digital transformation and replacing multiple legacy systems.
• CareFlow EPMA Web-based Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) solution built on CareFlow Pharmacy, providing inpatient and outpatient prescribing, allergy recording and medicine reconciliation to improve patient safety and clinical efficiency.
• CareFlow Pharmacy Industry-leading hospital pharmacy system used at 350+ hospital sites, using actual price paid to supplier for stock valuations, real-time procurement automation and integrated drug, patient, prescriber, supplier and finance data; approximately £9 billion of procurement is processed annually.
• ChemoCare UK's number-one-selling electronic chemotherapy prescribing system, used by 80% of NHS centres across England, Scotland and Wales, providing expert electronic prescribing, scheduling and administration of Systemic Anti Cancer Therapy (SACT) for adult and paediatric oncology and haematology.
• BadgerNet Maternity Completely paperless maternity information system managing the entire continuum of maternity care from early pregnancy and gynaecology through to postnatal discharge, supporting approximately 400,000 babies each year as the only national-instance maternity system in the NHS.
• BadgerNet Neonatal Full electronic patient record specially designed for neonatal units and present in 99%+ of UK neonatal clinical settings, providing interfacing, charting, clinical care plans and task lists integrated into one system supporting approximately 50 UK sites.
• BadgerNet EPAGU BadgerNet Early Pregnancy and Gynaecology Unit module and the only EPR specifically designed for EPAGU departments, capturing outpatient visits and admissions in real time and extending paperless records into early pregnancy and gynaecology.
• CarePlus Child Health Detailed children's health record solution providing accurate immunisation and screening information for use across health visiting and community child health services.
• CareFlow Ambient AI – Outpatients Ambient AI solution embedded within CareFlow EPR offering real-time consultation capture, automated documentation and RTT (Referral to Treatment) tracking using ambient voice technology, freeing clinicians from admin burden and ensuring complete activity capture in outpatient settings.
• FormFlow AI Assistant AI tool that transforms spoken words, meetings, emails or documents into automatically completed assessments, forms, notes and reviews for social care practitioners, deployed across 15 local authority teams and reported to cut documentation time by half and deliver 40% more assessment capacity.
• Liquidlogic Adults Case Management Flexible and user-friendly Case Management system for adult social care, supporting social workers, healthcare providers and caregivers across local authority adult services.
• Liquidlogic Children's Case Management The UK's number-one case management solution for children's social care, transforming children's services through efficient and user-friendly technology, as deployed at Swindon Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council.
• Liquidlogic Education Case Management Education case management providing a thorough view of the family's journey from childhood, improving collaboration and data security, and seamlessly integrating social care with education services for a single, unified view of the family.
• Liquidlogic Social Care Finance Online solution for managing payments, invoices and expense claims in social care, simplifying and optimising financial management for local authority social care services.
• Liquidlogic Commissioning Social care commissioning solution that simplifies the management of social care services purchased by local authorities from provider organisations.
• Bespoke Software Development Custom software development service for unique and adaptable solutions addressing specific challenges faced by customers in healthcare, social care and local government sectors.
• Azure Hosting (Healthcare) Cloud-based managed hosting service on Microsoft Azure for System C's healthcare products, providing security, compliance and operational management of cloud infrastructure.
• PharmaTrac Fully integrated solution for managing medicines usage, stock and safety across the care pathway, improving visibility of prescribing, dispensing and administration, reducing medicines waste and supporting regulatory compliance.
• MedTrac Logistics management system built on barcoding and mobile software providing full visibility of hospital stock from goods receipt through to patient-bedside administration, supporting expiry and batch tracking.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% of UK pregnancies managed on BadgerNet Maternity
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability12 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 June 2025System C entered a six-year partnership with Health New Zealand (until March 2031) to deploy BadgerNet Maternity and Neonatal across all New Zealand hospital districts. This includes a bespoke Perinatal Spine technology enabling midwifery providers using alternative systems to integrate into the national shared care record. The partnership aligns with New Zealand's Health Strategy and first Women's Health Strategy, covering all four women's health priorities.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationSystem C's cloud-based products are hosted on Microsoft Azure. The company provides an Azure Hosting (Healthcare) factsheet detailing security, compliance, and operational benefits of cloud hosting. Azure underpins CareFlow EPR, BadgerNet, and all other cloud-optimised healthcare products.
• Oxford University and Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation TruststrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerSystem C collaborated with Oxford University and Oxford University Hospital to develop the Mauro solution supporting the Thames Valley and Surrey Secure Data Environment (SDE). The SDE supports NHS England's 'Data Saves Lives' initiative. Mauro automates and secures data access, reducing administrative burdens for research data governance.
• Royal Derby Hospital (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT)coreTechnology or IntegrationRoyal Derby Hospital is featured as a real-life user case study for CareFlow Pharmacy, demonstrating regional and organizational deployment of the pharmacy management solution. The hospital's use case is featured in webinars and customer stories to support sales motion.
• University of Sheffield and Sheffield HallamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical and nursing students from University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam joined Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's EPMA deployment team for two days per week to offer floor-walking support during implementation. This academic partnership supported faster EPMA rollout and staff engagement.
• She Can CodeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSystem C partnered with She Can Code as part of techUK's TechTogether 2026 campaign to advance digital inclusion and break barriers for underrepresented groups in the tech sector. The partnership strengthens entry-level hiring pathways for women in technology roles.
• NHS England (Automating for Better Care Forum)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSystem C actively participates in the Automating for Better Care (A4BC) forum, chaired by Lord Carter, which defines priorities for medicines interoperability to feed into national funding prioritisation. System C collaborated with A4BC and BD to develop a Benefits Framework for Medicines Interoperability — a calculator available to NHS trusts across the country.
• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustcoreTechnology or IntegrationBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust became the first NHS organisation to sign a contract to implement CareFlow EPR Ambient AI Outpatient module. This strategic reference customer deal signals market validation for the ambient AI functionality, with the company noting others are closely following.
• ICT RevolutionsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerICT Revolutions played a key role in migrating all social care data from legacy platforms during Swindon Borough Council's Liquidlogic implementation. This implementation partner supported a smooth transition and safeguarded data integrity during the go-live.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Oracle Health (formerly Cerner): Global EPR and population health vendor with established NHS deployments. Competes with System C for acute EPR deals and adjacent modules such as pharmacy and medicines management.
• InterSystems: Health data platform and EPR-adjacent vendor (TrakCare) used by NHS trusts. Competes with CareFlow EPR and provides interoperability/integration platforms overlapping with System C's Shared Care Records.
• Epic Systems: US-headquartered EPR giant winning large NHS trust contracts (Manchester, Cambridge, King's). Competes with System C's CareFlow EPR for acute trust procurements and offers a broader enterprise suite.
• DXC Technology: Global IT services and healthcare technology provider serving NHS trusts. Competes with System C's bespoke software development and broader NHS digital transformation engagements.

Direct peers

• IMS MAXIMS: UK EPR vendor (open-source MAXIMS) with NHS deployments. Smaller direct competitor to System C in the acute EPR market, sharing NHS procurement frameworks.
• TPP (The Phoenix Partnership): UK-based EPR and primary care software vendor competing directly with System C in NHS acute and primary care. TPP's SystmOne is a flagship NHS EPR, comparable to CareFlow EPR in target market and deployment model.
• Rapiscan Systems / Wellbeing Software (Civica Group): Maternity and neonatal software vendor (K2MS, Athena) operating in the same UK NHS space as BadgerNet. Direct competitor to System C's flagship maternity/neonatal franchise.
• Access Group (Access Health, Support & Care): UK software group serving health and social care, including adult social care case management (formerly Servelec/Rio). Direct competitor to Liquidlogic Adults Case Management in the local authority market.
• EMIS Health (now part of Optum): UK primary care and community health IT vendor. Comparable to System C's healthcare offerings at the GP/community/mental health trust level and overlapping in NHS procurement.
• Civica: UK public sector software provider with health and social care case management offerings. Direct competitor to System C's Liquidlogic suite in local authorities and competes for the same council procurement frameworks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A5 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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