The seventeenth edition of Keeping PACE, our quarterly update for ambulance service employees and volunteers, is now available for download...
Welcome to the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE)
AACE supports the UK’s statutory ambulance services in implementing national policies and acts as a key interface between members and stakeholders.
AACE also provides consultancy to enhance ambulance services, both locally and internationally.
AACE’s NHS ambulance service activities comprise three core areas:
- connecting, coordinating, and facilitating
- producing, delivering and commissioning bespoke work
- advocating, influencing, engaging, and communicating
Bespoke commercial support services:
AACE also provides a gateway to proven ambulance service expertise through its ODQI Team, to help clients address the wide range of challenges encountered in delivering a modern, clinically relevant ambulance service.
AACE News Wire
AACE launches new five‑year strategy as the representative body for the UK ambulance sector
AACE has unveiled its new five‑year strategy, setting out a clear and ambitious roadmap supporting the future of NHS ambulance services across the UK...
Yellow Hearts to Remember campaign founded by SWASFT’s Hannah Gompertz marks COVID 19 Day of Reflection 2026
A simple yellow heart became a national symbol of remembrance, thanks to a SWASFT paramedic’s idea...
Finding connection in a divided world: the EEAST Multi Faith Network
Within EEAST, the Multi Faith Network has become a place of warmth, a space where colleagues can pause, breathe, and find hope in one...
New toolkit strengthens support for ambulance staff after major incidents
A new national toolkit is set to make a real difference to how colleagues are supported in the aftermath of major, complex or distressing...
Ambulance services strengthen national efforts to reduce health inequalities for autistic people and those with learning disabilities
Discover how ambulance services are working together to tackle stark health inequalities for autistic people and those with learning disabilities...
Upcoming Events
Ambulance Leadership Forum (ALF) 2026
Our next face-to-face Ambulance Leadership Forum takes place at De Vere Windsor on 10...
NAPFM 2026: The Blue & Amber Light Fleet Exhibition
The Emergency Fleet Exhibition and the National Association of Police Fleet Managers´ Conference, is...
Emergency Services Day 2026
The next official 999 Day will take place on 9th September 2026. Emergency services, 999 charities...
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AACE Publications and Resources
AACE Cultural Calendar 2025
Category: Ambulance Wellbeing, Equality & Diversity, General Interest Articles, Guidance Documents
AACE Cultural Calendar 2025
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
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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