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.
Return to January 2016 Board Agenda here.
WG 1 met in Brussels on 24 October to explore how HP competencies could be described and presented as a framework. Record of meeting here. Further documents associated with the meeting available within the WG1 section of the intranet portal here.
Andreia Bruno has prepared 3 options for presentation of the framework and WG1 feedback so far has been strongly in favour of presented option 2. Options here.
WG2 met on 21st November in Brussels to progress its literature review on the benefits of hospital pharmacist education and its explorations of hospital pharmacist attitudes and experiences of labour mobility. Meeting report here. Further documents associated with the meeting available within the WG1 section of the intranet portal here.
WG2 met on 21st November in Brussels to further refine communications planning for the project in 2016. Record of meeting here. Further documentation available within the WG3 section of the intranet portal here.
Overall, the meeting concluded that before active lobbying of national competent authorities could occur, not only did necessary background documentation need to be in place (draft framework, evidence) but the national EAHP members in the countries in question need to feel and be well briefed and informed on the project. The first 6 months of 2016 should therefore be focused on this need, with the members meeting in Vienna and GA in Prague key opportunities for this. Further to this, the opportunities of EAHP member’s national events should be utlised, a reliable calendar of these established and a strategy for deploying CTF messages at these enacted.
Additionally, a new independent CTF website is under development as a central point to direct ALL relevant stakeholders. This should be an enhanced, expanded and fuller version of what is currently available on the EAHP website here.
PGEU’s attendance at the EAHP Congress in Vienna will be an opportunity to consider “shared vision” activity in which EAHP’s CTF aspirations are included.
Meetings with fellow CTF interested professions (oncology nurses, laboratory medicine practitioners, healthcare assistants) have taken place and are taking place and will be reported on further at the Board Meeting.
The European Commission sponsored project Phar-QA is coming towards conclusion, with a final event to be held in Brussels on 11 February 2016.
