HCPA has a commitment to communicate with all Care Providers’ in Hertfordshire and provide appropriate information relevant to their operations.

• We work in partnership with Hertfordshire Adult Care Services (ACS) through a Memorandum of Understanding to work collaboratively to enhance the quality of care provided in Hertfordshire.
   
• We administer in excess of £600k funding per annum through Partnerships with Skills for Care, ACS and other funding bodies
   
• We provide information on matters relating, for example, to legislation, regulation and the development of ‘Best Practice’
   
• We meet quarterly with the Director of ACS around negotiation of annual fees
   
• We engage with CQC regarding current regulatory issues
   
• We provide advice and guidance on Workforce, Training and Development issues
   
• We have a seat on quality and steering groups such as Safeguarding, Dementia, E-Learning and QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) Care Qualifications as well as Skills for Care Regional Committee

• From advice on regulation to negotiation of local authority fee rates, we give a collective voice to individual concerns. We are the largest association of our kind and have been representing the private sector's interests for more than twenty years.

• Health and Social Care Act 2008 - read 'What it means to you' here