Mission Statement

Harnessing the strength of our members to provide excellence in professional healthcare cleaning.

Strategic Objectives

The association's strategic objectives are:

1. To establish a wide network of member by continuing to promote the profile of the Association through:
   • mutual learning
   • assistance and support
   • information sharing, and identifying emerging challenges and opportunities
   • world wide links with similar individuals and professional bodies
2. To anticipate emerging issues having cross-regional or national impacts on our members' world.
3. To lobby relevant influential bodies including governments and individuals who impact on healthcare cleaning and associated functions.
4. To commission and develop research related to our members' core activities, attracting appropriate funding and support to underpin this work.
5. To contribute to and develop learning opportunities for the benefit of members and partner organisations.

We aim to help our members to provide a service committed to excellence and cost effectiveness, as well as to promote and develop measurable standards of service, responsive to changing needs of clients.

Founding Remit

The AHCP still includes the original founding remit of the Hospital Domestic Administrator's Association, dating from 1975, in its mission today:

• to do all within our power to supply, maintain and encourage an efficient domestic service to support the medical, nursing and allied services throughout the National Health Service in their work for the healing and the comfort of the sick
• to provide and maintain a national code of practice to complement professional and occupational training
• to take such action as may be deemed necessary or expedient to improve standards of training amongst domestic staff within the National Health Service, Department of Health and comparable Government Service and Local Authority Service
• to promote co-operation by the interchange of knowledge and experience
• to maintain the established position of the Association as the recognised professional body able to advise on professional matters.