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.
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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.
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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.
Related to GA Agenda item 13.2
In reference to:
the Board of the EAHP is proposing a Summit initiative to give onus, focus and coordination to efforts to advance hospital pharmacy in Europe and increase public understanding of what a hospital pharmacist does, and the value they bring to healthcare.
To this end, an initial scoping meeting was held in November 2012 to consider how such a project might be taken forward. More information here.
The essential components of the resulting concept, was for 5 working groups with separate purposes to produce individually valued outputs, to be scrutinised and validated at a summit event, that together would form a durable toolkit for advancement of the profession in Europe. The working group and the purposes are:
Working Group 1: Patients and public
A key element of the idea of the European Summit on Hospital is to closely involve patients, the public and other professions in the validation of its outputs. This will add rigour and credibility to what is produced, help to ensure other stakeholder perspectives are not overlooked (e.g. patients' rights, patients' preferences), and help establish a 'buy-in' to the process by other stakeholders, important for delivery of the Summit's desired outcomes in the medium to long-term.
This working group is being led by EAHP President Dr Roberto Frontini, and EAHP Policy and Advocacy Officer Richard Price.
Already some indication of potential support has been received from the European Patients Forum, the European Consumers Organisation (BEUC) and AGE Platform Europe.
This group will also oversee marketing and press activity connected to the event, event logistics and Summit voting governance. A recognised challenge is bringing patient groups to a level of understanding about hospital pharmacy to make the Summit relevant to them and their members. For this production of educational materials and other activity dedicated to this purpose is envisaged.
Independently useful outputs to be produced by the group include educational and marketing materials about hospital pharmacy (e.g. online videos etc); heightened understanding of the role and importance of hospital pharmacy amongst European audiences; and stronger alliances and partnerships between EAHP and stakeholder organisations (e.g. patient and professional groups).
Working Group 2: Basel Statements
This group will scrutinise the 2008 Basel Statements to highlight and illucidate those with the greatest relevance to the European context. It will be led by Aida Batista.
Its independent output of value will be a clearer sense of those competences hospital pharmacy (and patients and other professionals) are united in desiring to advance. It will therfore provide a focus and more meaningful understanding for the pursuit of EAHP's mission in developing hospital pharmacy in Europe/
Working Group 3: Good Practice Initiatives
Led by EAHP Director of Education, Science and Research Kees Neef, this group is constituted of the EAHP Scientific Committee and former Pharmine Working Group.
Its purpose is to develop the idea of desirable hospital pharmacy competences (working group 2) into a set of very practical and identifiable examples of good practice (good practice initiatives) that can help hospital pharmacists move from identifying what services and activities they should develop, to how to develop those services and activities.
Its independently valuable output will be a map and database inventory of good practice intiatives that can provide inspiration and tangible assistance in helping hospital pharmacists plan and carry out service improvement.
In view of its independent value, the Scientific Committee and Pharmine Group have already began collecting examples for inclusions. GA delegates can submit examples known to them via the portal here.
Working Group 4: Measurement
This working Group will build on initial research conducted into indicators for pharmacy service and will consequently be led by David Cousins, a principal author in this area.
Its output of independent value will be a set of measurement tools for hospital pharmacy in Europe applicable in all country contexts. This should help hospital and pharmacy managers benchmark performance, better target improvement measures, and demonstrate value to external audiences.
Working Group 5: Implementation
Led by David Gerrett, this working group will develop a set of tools to help hospital pharmacists conduct implementation of improvement plans, building on established management and implementation theoretical frameworks applied to the hospital pharmacy context.
Its output of independent value will be an off-the-shelf guide to implementation written with a hospital pharmacy audience, and their particular challenges, firmly in mind.
To scrutinise and consider the Board's proposals for a European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy to be held in May 2014.
To vote on the topic (GA agenda item 17)
Presentation to pharmacy stakeholders on the concept March 2013
Q&A document circulated to National Presidents and Delegates February 2013
