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.
Related to September 2015 Board Meeting Agenda item 11.
Following GA feedback in June 2015, CTF WG1 launched its national competence collection exercise amongst the 17 European countries represented within the Group at the end of July 2015, with a deadline for return of close of business Sunday 20 September 2015.
Competence collection template here.
The responses are now in a process of review ahead of a physical meeting of the Group in Brussels on Saturday 24th October. Most recent compilation of responses received here.
It is intended that the Group have the output of this exercise (a draft CTF) by the time of the next EAHP Congress in March 2016.
Since the GA, CTF WG2 has principally concentrated on 2 early tasks: the compilation of literature review on the impact of HP education; and, the conduct of a survey of HP views and perspectives on labour mobility.
Both tasks are developed with a draft literature review currently under group review, and the labour mobility survey now launched. Overview of current results here.
The Group will have a teleconference on 8th October and meet in person again on Saturday 21st November.
The main actions of CTF WG3 since the GA has been:
Competent authority mapping
Current map here.
Cross-referenced with the European Commission’s regulated professions database here.
Preparing to promote WG1 and WG2 outputs at the EAHP Congress in Vienna
First outline of concept here
However, see note for September Board Meeting agenda item 7 for most recent development of concept, following feedback from recent CTF WG3 teleconference
Meeting with EFLM
RP met with the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine on the 3rd August to compare approaches to CTF creation. EFLM have a draft framework agreed by members but need to sell it to national governments. We shared concerns about the potential Commission approach of picking favourites for CTF cooperation, and generally shared an aspiration that all CTF candidate professions work together in respect of representations to the Commission and sharing of learning and approaches.
To see previous list of other CTF interested professions known to the Commission in January 2015 here.
Guidance from the Commission
Sophie Weisswange at DG Growth has informed us that Commission guidance on CTF creation might be expected in October. More information here.
Meeting with European Commission’s Health System Unit.
On Monday 14th September, JP and RP met the Health Systems Unit of DG SANCO at the European Commission in respect of the interest they have taken in the formation of a CTF for healthcare assistants, and the advise of DG Growth to correspond with the unit.
Healthcare assistants have been identified as a priority profession for development in terms of European health system sustainability, and were noted to have little European cooperation mechanisms in place. The Commission are assisting the CTF creation on this basis.
The unit appeared to take on board our concerns about potential favourtism, the benefits of any healthcare profession developing a CTF, and the need for forms of support to be provided to achieve the frameworks e.g. toolkits, and bringing together professions to share approaches and learning about CTF creation. The unit were very interested to learn from EAHP’s labour mobility survey when result are available and were also pleased to receive our medicines shortages report. Further correspondence and liason with the unit can hopefully be expected.
Commission’s Regulated Professions Mutual Evaluation exercise.
Information on European Commission ‘Mutual Evaluation Exercise’ on regulated professions here. WG3 determined EAHP should encourage EAHP members to input to this exercise while time permits.
Potential communication to members here. Template Member Comms to their Government here (suggested contact points to be provided by EAHP).
Full list of WG3 September teleconference actions here.
The Group will meet in person again on Saturday 21st November.
Anthony Sinclair from the UK, and Despina Makridaki from Greece, recently joined WG3.
A conference call was held with Jeffrey Atkinson from Phar-QA to explore where this project might have overlap with EAHP’s CTF project. Actions from teleconference here. PharQA Delphi Round 2 consultation here. To discuss EAHP engagement with Delphi Round 2 (E.g. level of promotion and support).
Relevant Phar-QA documents provided by Jeffrey Atkinson:
– Phar-QA write up of community pharmacy results of Delphi Round 1
– Write up showing different views between HPs and community pharmacists on competences
– Hospital Pharmacy Outcomes Framework
To assist project management, a shared document system is now being used called ‘Sharepoint’. Entry point to the portal here.
