Welcome to the IAA
We are the Independent Ambulance Association (IAA), the first not-for-profit trade association for UK-based independent ambulance providers.
Our purpose
The IAA is committed to raising and maintaining high standards in the sector, as well as representing the views of our members to healthcare policymakers.
Our values
Everything we do is guided by our values, which are to be brave, decent and independent.
Our members
We represent over 50 independent ambulance providers, from small and local to large and nationwide.
A business partner of the IAA
Recent News
IAA Action on Sexual Safety in the Ambulance Sector
Over 50 people attended the first in our series of Be Curious webinars led by Dave Blain, the UK’s foremost expert on sexual safety and safeguarding in the ambulance sector. [...]
CQC State of Care Report 2020-21
The Care Quality Commission has published their State of Care Report 2020-21, which covers the many challenges and consequences of the Covid pandemic. The impact on those working in the [...]
Trauma Care events
The Independent Ambulance Association is happy to support Trauma Care, a registered Charity who host CPD webinars and conferences for clinicians working in the out-of-Hospital setting. Trauma Care was founded [...]
Events
Trauma Care events
The Independent Ambulance Association is happy to support Trauma Care, a registered Charity who host CPD webinars and conferences for clinicians working in the out-of-Hospital setting. Trauma Care was founded in 1996 to address the [...]
The Emergency Services Show returns for 2021
We were very pleased to see the return of the Emergency Services Show, which went ahead on the 7th and 8th September 2021 at the NEC in Birmingham. The show was very well organised and [...]
Join the IAA
IAA membership is important for all independent ambulance services registered by the Care Quality Commission.