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.
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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.
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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.
WHAT IS A GPI (GOOD PRACTICE INITIATIVE)?
Pharmacy practice and education are very diverse across Europe, but of our ability to improve what we do comes from sharing with colleagues from other hospitals/regions/countries the good experiences that we have. The EAHP has defined specific statements about the goals for hospital pharmacy in Europe, but in many areas we are a long way from reaching them. There is a long and winding road ahead, and GPI’s should be seen as steps along this road, so the real question is: do you have an experience you want to share with colleagues that shows the way to the fulfillment of EAHP statements?
So, a GPI is an initiative, either in pharmacy practice or in pharmacy education, implemented in a hospital / group of hospitals / region / country, that, in line with EAHP statements, reports relevant experiences in specific areas of pharmacy practice or education. Examples are:
Example 1: (Section 1: 1.1. Introductory Statements and Governance. 1.1. The overarching goal of the hospital pharmacy service is to optimise patient outcomes through working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams in order to achieve the responsible use of medicines across all settings.
I have started a collaborative work with nurses in the oncology day care hospital, by which I improve patient education to patients, and I can achieve improvements in the responsible use of medicines. I can describe what was done and show some data and/or rationale to support this. I am moving towards statement 1.1. and I believe other colleagues can replicate what I did in their own settings.
Read here the GPI book from 2020 and 2021.
To check if your abstract meets the eligibility criteria for being a GPI or an abstract, answer all the following questions:
Table 1: The eligibility criteria for being a GPI or an abstract.
| QUESTION | DEFINITION |
| 1. Is your abstract relevant for hospital pharmacists? | Yes: Your abstract may be a scientific abstract or a GPI |
| No: Please do not submit your work to EAHP | |
| 2. Does your abstract describe a protocol or plan for a project not yet conducted? | Yes: Please do not submit your work to EAHP |
| No: Your abstract may be a scientific abstract or a GPI | |
| 3. Is your abstract about the development and implementation of a pharmacy practice or a program in pharmacy education? | Yes: Your abstract may be a GPI |
| No: Your abstract may be a scientific abstract | |
| 4. Can other colleagues use your experience as the basis to introduce the same type of improvement in their settings by e.g. observing what you did in your setting? | Yes: Your abstract may be a GPI |
| No: Your abstract may be a scientific abstract | |
| 5. Does your abstract describe a project conducted as a scientific study using e.g. robust methodology? | Yes: Your abstract may be a scientific abstract |
| No: Your abstract may be a GPI |
For authors interested in submitting a scientific abstract, please click here:
If you want to submit a GPI, please check the instructions below
The GPI initiative was launched as part of EAHPs effort to show to stakeholders what European hospital pharmacists are doing, and might also be part of the coming educational programme of EAHP.
The overall purpose of collecting and sharing GPIs is:
GPIs must be linked to one of the sections of the European Statements of Hospital Pharmacy approved at the European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy in May 2014. The EAHP statements are separated into the 6 themes below:
Good Practice Initiatives (GPIs) in hospital pharmacy services that do not involve a scientific study can also be submitted online. GPIs submitted during previous congresses may be viewed here.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To avoid rejection of your GPI during the selection process, please review the submission guidelines and poster guidelines before submitting your GPI. Also, if a same GPI has been submitted by its author(s) both as a Good Practice Initiative and as an abstract, the judges will reject both abstracts. SHould you have submitted your work both as a GPI and an abstract by mistake, please make sure you immediately contact the EAHP office on abstract@eahp.eu.
Additionally, please submit your GPI using an email address that will not be blocked by spam servers. For this reason, we recommend that you use your personal email address to submit your GPI(s), versus the email address from your organisation.
When submitting your GPI, it is also important that you instert the name of the presenting author in the list of co-author(s)
All GPIs approved by the EAHP Scientific Committee (SC) will be uploaded into the GPI database, which can be accessed via the EAHP webpage.
The EAHP SC will each November identify a number GPIs for poster presentations at the upcoming congress. Ideally all EAHP statements will be represented with a maximum of 5 posters. The selected GPIs will be printed in the programme book for the congress. The authors of the GPIs selected for poster presentation will be contacted by the EAHP office for further arrangements. Authors whose GPIs have been accepted must submit a poster during the annual congress.
The EAHP SC will each November identify GPIs for short oral presentations for the upcoming congress. Ideally 2 GPIs per EAHP statement will be selected. The selected GPIs will be printed in the programme book for the congress. The authors of the GPIS selected for oral presentation at the annual congress will be contacted by the EAHP office for further arrangements. Authors whose GPIs have been selected for an oral presentation will need to create both a poster and a power point presentation.
