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.
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.
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.
Education and Research
Elodie Delavoipière, Marianne Pavard, Anne-Laure Richard, Julien Montreuil, Albane Cherel, Céline Bouglé
Every year in our country, 10,000 preventable deaths and more than 130,000 preventable hospitalizations are related to drug misuse. This issue is a priority of the national health strategy. Therefore, we developed a CPD training program on the issues and methods of managing the risk of ME.
A regional multi-disciplinary Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program was developed, dealing with the risk management of medication errors (ME).
This program was submitted to the National CPD Agency and accepted as a continuing education measure, corresponding to the national orientation: “control of risks associated with healthcare acts and pathways”. The program and the training materials were developed by a 13-member regional working group, including hospital pharmacists and quality managers, the drug observatory and the regional health quality network.
The training is intended for any health professional involved in the medication circuit in a health or medico-social institution: physicians, pharmacists, residents, nurses, pharmacy technicians… The first part is an e-learning slide presentation with voice commentary, on the theoretical aspects of ME and on the principles of a priori and a posteriori risk management. Concrete examples of ME are integrated throughout the slide presentation. This e-learning is divided into 4 parts and is accessible for 1 month. It must be validated by the learner before participating in the second part of the training: a face-to-face simulation session with 15 learners and 2 hospital trainers (pharmacist and health quality professional). During half a day, the learners apply a posteriori risk management by analysing a fictional adverse event (ME). The case addresses several themes: never events, drug reconciliation, city-hospital link, lack of communication, human factors. Questionnaires completed before, during and after the training allow for the evaluation of learners’ satisfaction as well as the impact of the training on their knowledge and skills.
This regional training will promote the link between actors from different institutions and the multi-disciplinary approach around the management of the risks of ME. In addition, we provide an awareness kit on ME reporting, including a customizable slide show and a quiz, which allows short sessions to be conducted in any health facility.
