EAHP represents over 29,000 hospital pharmacists across 36 member countries. EAHP represents and develops the hospital pharmacy profession within Europe in order to ensure the continuous improvement of care and outcomes for patients in the hospital setting. This is achieved through science, research, education, practice, as well as sharing best-practice and responsibility with other healthcare professionals.
The EAHP Board, elected for three-year terms, oversees the association’s activities. Comprising directors responsible for core functions, it meets regularly to implement strategic goals. Supported by EAHP staff, the Board controls finances, coordinates congress organization, and ensures compliance with statutes and codes of conduct.
The EAHP staff supports the Board in executing EAHP’s mission. The Staff assists in financial management, events organisations, policy activities and all EAHP projects. The EAHP staff works closely with EAHP’s members and ensures the effective communication all relevant stakeholders.
The first member countries were Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and The Netherlands in 1972. EAHP has now 36 EAHP members and 2 Associate Members. EAHP is open to countries members of the Council of Europe and since 2022 to organisations representing the interests of hospital pharmacists from outside the Council of Europe (Associate Membership)
EAHP’s structure is also composed by different standing committes: EAHP Scientific Committee, EAHP Education Executive Committee and the EAHP CTF Steering Committee.
At EAHP, we are committed to transparency in our governance, ethical standards, and funding practices. This section provides open access to our foundational documents, including the EAHP Statutes, Code of Conduct, and Funding Sources. By sharing these resources, we aim to uphold accountability and foster trust with our members, partners, and the public.
Keep up with all EAHP’s events and webinars. Contact the team at info@eahp.eu should you have any questions about upcoming events or activities.
Here you can find all upcoming events organised by EAHP and by all its members and associate members. Do not hesitate to contact the events team at events@eahp.eu should you have any questions about the organisation of these events.
Hospital pharmacists conduct a critical role in the care of patients in hospitals. Learn more about what they do here and in all the pages under Hospital Pharmacy practice and Policy.
Self-Assessment
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EAHP brings together experts from many areas of hospital pharmacy practice providing and highlighting good local sustainable practices as that can be up-scaled and shared with other countries. The EAHP Working Group on Sustainability has the aim of reducing the environmental burden of the hospital pharmacy services.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), and its 36 member country platforms are creating a Common Training Framework for the hospital pharmacy education in Europe. The goal of this project is to allow the free movement of hospital pharmacists within the European Union.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) have collaboratively developed the Oath to Society. The Oath to Society is all encompassing and acts as a contract for excellence in providing compassionate patient care, working as part of the healthcare team and advancing the pharmacy profession, and showcasing how clinical and hospital pharmacists work every day
A day created to highlight the importance and to celebrate the work done by hospital pharmacies. This day celebrates all hospital pharmacy teams.
Catch up with EAHP’s press releases
Find all EAHP relevant publication like the EAHP Surveys, annual reports and the history books.
The European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (EJHP) is the only official journal of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and is committed to advancing the science, practice and profession of hospital pharmacy. As the premier communication platform for hospital pharmacists worldwide, EJHP is a major source for continuing education as well as updates on advances in the practice and standard of pharmaceutical care for patients.
When EAHP and Hospital pharmacists appear in the news.
EAHP publishes a monthly EU monitor with updates about the latest EAHP initiatives and information relevant for the hospital pharmacy profession.
Sponsor Channel
The Sponsor Channel is designed to maximise visibility and engagement, allowing sponsors to connect with the hospital pharmacy community and partners in a dynamic and interactive environment. From product demonstrations to networking sessions, the Sponsor Channel offers a range of opportunities for sponsors to showcase their offerings and generate leads in the new EAHP Website.
Clinical Pharmacy Services
Janne Kutschera Sund, Martin Grotnes, Ingvild Klevan, Lene Lilleaas, Johan Fredrik Skomsvoll
Lack of comprehensive strategies and funding has made it difficult to develop and implement extensive clinical pharmacy services in our hospital. It has been challenging to secure hospital involvement. A new financial model securing funding from the regional health authority made way for a new joint approach.
A dialog based process involving hospital management, clinicians and the pharmacy led to a large increase in clinical pharmacy services in our university hospital.
A literature review was conducted. Based on this, a multidisciplinary project group decided that all clinics and wards were eligible for clinical pharmacy services and should receive extensive information on the topic. As there were limited resources allocated, all clinics were asked to apply for the service. The hospital management received applications three times the number of funded clinical pharmacists.
Prioritizing was based on the following criteria; use of the Integrated Medicines Management (IMM)-method, patient flow, evaluation and research, in- or out –patient clinics, continuation of established services, localization and time schedules on the wards.
The long term funding of clinical pharmacy in the health region enabled the hospital pharmacy to recruit and educate highly competent clinical pharmacists.
In less than a year, the number of clinical pharmacists has increased from three to twelve. The number of wards receiving clinical pharmacy services has also grown from three to twelve and there are still plans for further implementation.
The hospital and the ward managements are much more involved in evolving a common patient safety strategy with focus on medication. Specific quality indicators for each patient population and ward are being developed, and clinical pharmacists are now important members of multidisciplinary teams all over the hospital. Pharmacists are integrated in ongoing clinical research projects and publishing.
User surveys show that clinical pharmacy is assessed as a highly beneficial service by both nurses and physicians.
Develop the IMM-model to include the clinical pharmacists in standard patient care in every clinic and department. We plan to perform follow-up studies on the effects of clinical pharmacy services in different settings.
