Today, we attended the Community Services Awareness Event in Penwortham to promote falls prevention—a challenging issue, particularly during winter. Between October 2023 and February...
Welcome to the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE)
AACE provides the UK’s statutory ambulance services with an organisation that can support them in the implementation of nationally agreed policy.
Whether for patient care, operational policy, emergency preparedness, employee wellbeing or volunteering, the Association exists to support its members and to act as an interface, where appropriate at a national level, between them and their stakeholders.
AACE News Wire
Hayley’s bravery rewarded by SAS after coming to aid of dad and sister after crash
An Aberdeen schoolgirl has been presented with a Certificate of Commendation from the Scottish Ambulance Service for coming to the aid of her dad...
Ambulance Chief Medical Officer calls on Londoners to stay safe as temperatures plunge in the capital
With temperatures dropping in the capital, the Chief Medical Officer at London Ambulance Service is asking people to take additional steps to stay safe...
JOINT MENTAL HEALTH PILOT SCHEME IN THE AMBULANCE CONTROL ROOM REDUCES ED ADMISSIONS BY 40 PER CENT
A pilot project aimed at reducing the number of people in mental health crisis being admitted to Emergency Departments, (ED) has been hailed as...
Kent woman reunites with SECAmb crew following seizure at the wheel of her car
A woman who had a seizure at the wheel of her car was recently able to reunite with the crew who helped to get...
LAS paramedic joins BBC Radio 4 comedy show panel to make the serious case for defibrillators
A paramedic at London Ambulance Service will feature in the hit BBC podcast Best Medicine to promote defibrillators – devices which can help restart...
Upcoming Events
Ambulance Leadership Forum (ALF) 2025
Preparations are continuing at pace for our next face-to-face Ambulance Leadership Forum (ALF 2025),...
EMS Europe 2025 – Stockholm
Since their first conference held in Copenhagen in 2016, EMS Europe has put the...
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AACE Publications and Resources
A vision for the NHS ambulance sector in co-designing UEC provision – AACE, NHS Providers, NHS Confederation, March 2024
Category: Guidance Documents, Reports
A vision for the NHS ambulance sector in co-designing UEC provision – AACE, NHS Providers, NHS Confederation, March 2024
AACE Cultural Calendar 2024
Category: Ambulance Wellbeing, Campaigns, Equality & Diversity, General Interest Articles, Guidance Documents
AACE Cultural Calendar 2024
A vision for the NHS ambulance sector – AACE, Nov 2023
Category: Guidance Documents, Reports
A vision for the NHS ambulance sector – AACE, Nov 2023
AACE Annual Report 2022-23 (Sept 2023)
Category: AACE Annual Reports, Reports
AACE Annual Report 2022-23 (Sept 2023)
Taking Stock: Assessing patient handover delays a decade after Zero Tolerance (AACE, Sept 2023)
Category: Reports
Taking Stock: Assessing patient handover delays a decade after Zero Tolerance (AACE, Sept 2023)
AACE Strategic Approach 2023-2026: August 2023
Category: AACE Annual Reports, Reports
AACE Strategic Approach 2023-2026: August 2023
Strengthening the role of the ambulance sector in reducing health inequalities: National Consensus & Next Steps – June 2023
Category: Campaigns, Guidance Documents, Reports
Strengthening the role of the ambulance sector in reducing health inequalities: National Consensus & Next Steps – June 2023
Delayed Hospital Handovers: Impact Assessment of Patient Harm – AACE, Nov 2021
Category: Reports
Delayed Hospital Handovers: Impact Assessment of Patient Harm – AACE, Nov 2021
Developing a Public Health Approach within the Ambulance Sector – PHE & AACE, May 2021
Category: Ambulance Leadership Forum 2021, Guidance Documents, Reports
Developing a Public Health Approach within the Ambulance Sector – PHE & AACE, May 2021
Ambulance 2020 and beyond – the AACE vision
Category: Reports
Ambulance 2020 and beyond – the AACE vision
A vision for the ambulance service: ‘2020 and beyond’ and the steps to its realisation
Care At The Scene – Research for Ambulance Services
Category: Reports
Care At The Scene – Research for Ambulance Services
NIHR Dissemination Centre - a Themed Review
The UK Ambulance services
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