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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, Germany, Italy 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.
Room 5C
Delage, Clément
The Young Professional Session will offer participants the opportunity to learn from the career journeys of five hospital pharmacists who will describe their respective experiences and take time to answer questions student and young professionals may have.
This is an opportunity to get worthwhile information, advice and guidance to a future and exciting career in hospital pharmacy.
Join the Young Professional Session and be inspired!!!
ACPE Non-Accredited Activity
The Speakers are:
Kornélia Chrapková, Head of Clinical Pharmacy Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, will talk about how she achieved her dream of working in a hospital pharmacy and becoming a clinical pharmacist. During her presentation, she will be talking about her professional journey starting in a community pharmacy, followed by studying and gaining experience abroad and other important milestones which helped her to implement and develop clinical pharmacy service in the largest transplant centre in Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Stefanie Deuster*, Head of the department quality assurance in the pharmacy, University Hospital Basel (Switzerland), whose career focuses on the preparation of drugs for the special needs of patients as well as the manufacturing of investigational medicinal products for clinical trials – and all the requirements for assuring the quality of the drugs. She will show possibilities to create and shape the general requirements for pharmaceutical preparation in pharmacies through cooperation and networks, and also talk about the different pharmacies (production and quality assurance). Having joined several working groups as Expert, on the national level with the Swiss authorities and also once on EU level in Strasbourg, she will discuss the needs and possibilities of pharmacy preparation with the authorities and to influence the requirements to facilitate production in pharmacies.
Torsten Hoppe-Tichy*, Chief Hospital Pharmacist at Pharmacy Department, Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany), who will focus his presentation on the reasons and motivations for his career path. He will recount the gaps and challenges, how he overcame them and also on the fun and pains of being a chief hospital pharmacist.
Ulrika Gillespie, Department Chief Pharmacist at Uppsala University Hospital and Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University (Sweden). As one of the first clinical pharmacists in Sweden, her career has focused on the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services in a hospital setting. In her presentation, she will describe her journey where she has used pharmacy practice research to promote and refine the clinical services and talk about her experiences – good and bad – of running everything from small student projects to large randomised controlled trials.
Virginia Silvari, Pharmacy Department, Cork University Hospital, Cork (Ireland), who will describe her experiences and the journey she could never have imagined. On how, since graduation, her pharmacy degree has allowed her to take so many different career paths: from research, to community pharmacy and finally to hospital pharmacy. In hospital pharmacy, she found the working environment that suits her best with a mixture of her previous roles.
