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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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EAHP publishes a monthly EU monitor with updates about the latest EAHP initiatives and information relevant for the hospital pharmacy profession.
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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.
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Section 1 – Introductory Statements and Governance: Statements 1.1, 1.3
ACPE UAN: 0475-0000-21-022-L04-P. A knowledge-based activity.
Abstract
The scope of practice and the workload of the hospital pharmacist has expanded in the last decades. Traditionally, pharmacists focused on dispensing and compounding. Nowadays, we are still dispensing, we compound complex products, perform quality controls and are generally expected to be experts in all matters concerning pharmaceutical products and drug distribution. Newer tasks include bedside clinical pharmacy services where we educate patients, perform medication reconciliation and comprehensive medication reviews, are part of multidisciplinary team discussions.
Thus, the workload increases, but pharmacists generally do not dispose of or delegate tasks to make up for this. Also, pharmacists are traditionally trained to relentlessly check things (medication orders and procedures) to reduce the risks of medication errors. All of this results in a conflict between what pharmacists are used to do and what they are expected to do. Good leadership is then crucial – to prioritise tasks, to involve other members of the pharmacy team (such as pharmacy technicians) and to ensure tasks are still being performed efficiently and with adequate quality.
Within Europe, there is a great variety in how hospital pharmacies are organised, in the degree and qualification of supporting personnel available and the tasks that are performed by the supporting personnel. To get all the work done, now and in the future, hospital pharmacists need to show leadership within their teams – because they simply cannot do everything themselves anymore, especially since there is often a shortage of trained pharmacists. Furthermore, hospital pharmacists need to keep up with all changes in health care and this requires a critical look at how efficient pharmacy teams are and how they could evolve in the future. Moreover, with the COVID-19 pandemic hospital pharmacists had to support the clinical wards and use their supporting personnel even more.
So how do pharmacists use and empower their team members in different settings and countries? Which tasks can (and should?) be delegated and what training is needed for the supporting personnel? How could new IT solutions be used?
In this session, the participants will be shown examples of successful pharmacy teams where novel ideas of task sharing have been employed. In the following panel debate, potential barriers and solutions will be addressed.
Learning objectives:
At the end of this panel session, participants will be able to:
• describe how pharmacists have organised their teams in different settings;
• list examples of tasks that pharmacists have delegated;
• describe what is necessary to effectively work in teams.
Educational need addressed
Hospital pharmacists should be aware of the challenges to effectively get work done and have a vision on how to use their pharmacy teams to the best.
Keywords: pharmacy teams, task specification within pharmacy teams, supporting personnel (e.g. pharmacy technicians), pharmaceutical care, management, diversity.
