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.
Dear Friends, Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to provide an introduction to this website that links with the European Statements of Hospital Pharmacy. The Statements and their implementation represent what EAHP believes is the future of the profession to move towards a more modern and safer delivery of the hospital pharmacy service to improve patients’ outcomes.
First of all, I would like to start by acknowledging the work and efforts of EAHP Immediate Past President Joan Peppard, who put in motion the Statement implementation project in 2016. In addition, I would like to take this opportunity to also acknowledge the great efforts and commitment of our 35 national associations and their national implementation ambassadors. They are key to this project and to the vision that the EAHP Board has for the future of the profession.
In 2014, EAHP published the European Statements of Hospital Pharmacy, approved at the European Summit of Hospital Pharmacy, that express commonly agreed objectives and recommendations for pharmacy practice which every European health system should aim for in hospital pharmacy services. These statements were developed in partnership with patient and healthcare professional organisations and EAHP’s member country associations and have been endorsed by numerous other professional and patient organization since the 2014 Summit.
EAHP is now working to move towards the implementation of the Statements within our members countries. A lot has been progressed since the project started in spring 2016. A strong network of implementation ambassadors has been set up (with 3 meetings and 2 trainings held in Brussels since 2016). Implementation ambassadors are key to help develop national implementation strategies at the national level.
In addition, the EAHP implementation team developed and launched two initiatives at the 23rd EAHP Congress in Gothenburg (March 2018): the self-assessment tool and the Statement Implementation Learning Collaborative programme (SILCC).
Assessing your pharmacy with the self-assessment tool will help you understand the level of implementation within your hospitals while providing tailored action plans and evidence-based resource that will help you better understand the Statements.
The SILCC programme allows hospital pharmacists to visit hospitals from other members countries to receive training in pharmacy procedures linked to the Statements. Along with the Good Practice Initiatives, the SILCC programme offers the opportunity to get inspired and learn from the colleagues who already have advanced in the implementation, and thus allows hospital pharmacists throughout the Europe to use their capability and capacity towards fostering implementation of the other Statements.
I hope you will find this website hopeful and look forward for your engagement in the shaping of the future of the profession.
Our team is looking forward to hearing your from should you have any questions.
Thank you very much for your time and support.
Petr Horak- EAHP President
