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
SILCC
Closed SIGs
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.
Agora Plenary
Thomas de Rijdt
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Abstract
“The first wealth is health”, a quote from philosopher Ralph Waldo Emmerson, is more actual than ever. Thanks to innovation our healthcare has become very performant and accessible, but nearly unsustainable at the same time. Due to high-price innovative therapies, rising costs, aging, continuing drug shortages and environmental impact the time to change course and to reengineer our healthcare systems is now.
Shorter lengths of stay, possible therapies in day clinics, transmural care and home hospitalization initiatives change the need for resources in the different lines of healthcare while the organizational structure and financing model is still often historically pillarized. Market access entry agreements, pay for performance, pathology financing and fair review of reimbursement criteria (with respect for ICER and ethical questions) are tools to facilitate this transition.
But also, human aspects as a promotion of prevention, a healthy life style, healthy work environment for care workers, job satisfaction, work-life balance, shortage in the labour market, task purification, lean administrative burden and potential benefits from automation and digitalization are drivers for a sustainable system.
Last but not least, there’s more focus on the carbon footprint of our healthcare systems. The pandemic and the financial crisis showed us the importance of local production capacity, a short supply chain and circular economy with minimal waste and medicines residues in nature. Smaller and biodegradable packs can also add to a green pharmacy and in the meantime have positive impact on antimicrobial resistance or overconsumption. Responsible procurement answers to this within the legal possibilities.
In this keynote the main hurdles and drivers are touched in order to give a general vision on how to evolve towards sustainable quality healthcare systems.
Learning objectives
After the session, the participant should be able to:
Educational need addressed
In order to guarantee affordable healthcare in the future most healthcare systems must be reengineered with focus on sustainability. A general vision and reflection allows critical appraisal of the different drivers for this evolution.
Keywords
Sustainable healthcare, healthcare reform, management, reimbursement
