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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 32.1
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Exhibit 32.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Healthcare
Services Group, Inc. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2005 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Daniel P. McCartney, Chief Executive Officer of the of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d), of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) That information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



                                                /s/ Daniel P. McCartney
                                                ---------------------------
                                                Daniel P. McCartney
                                                Chief Executive Officer
                                                February 14, 2006
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