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
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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.
Following the success of the GPI session at last year’s congress we wanted to invite more submissions relating to the newly approved European Statements of Hospital Pharmacy.
As inspiration please find below some examples from last year highlighting the various sections and areas practice we want to share with colleagues across the world.
Click HERE for more information.
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“eLearning Environment for Ensuring the Competence in Pharmacotherapy” – Finland The use of eLearning environment in pharmacotherapy is widespread in Finland. It has harmonized the processes of ensuring the competence in pharmacotherapy in 15 of 20 hospital districts almost 20 municipalities or joint councils and tens of private service providers. Studies on the effectiveness of the eLearning courses are in progress. |
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“pediatric-dosages.ch” – Switzerland With the aim to provide data about paediatric dosages in a highly structured manner in order to enable integration into the electronic prescribing process as “clinical decision support”. The creation of the website provides healthcare professionals with data about paediatric dosages in a user-friendly way and has proven popular with healthcare professionals; within one year 37 institutions and more than 9,000 single users have registered. |
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“Early-stage experiences of the implementation of a large-scale robotic storage and distribution system in a hospital pharmacy service within a large UK health authority.” – UK The redesign of hospital procurement services aimed to centralise the procurement of medicines, improved medication safety and allow pharmacy staff to perform clinical roles. Interviews performed following a 46 month implementation period identified some issues regarding description of staff roles, effective communication and staff morale. The use of robotics may lead to resistance by staff but if addressed at an early stage they can effectively be overcome. |
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“Medication Safety Audits developed and conducted by a hospital pharmacy in Finland” – Finland The development of a pharmacist led audit to evaluate the safety of medication processes on the hopsital wards was integrated with 4 Delphi panels of pharmacists and other helathcare professionals. Areas of identified risk included prescribing, transcroption, labelling, administration and patient counselling. This led to a high alert medication list, double checking practice and the promotion of medication error reporting. |
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“Medication reviews conducted by clinical pharmacist in emergency ward” – Finland The initiation of a clinical pharmacy service in the emergency department is described including the daily review of medication of newly admitted patients. Piloted in 855 admissions over a 5 month period concluded that the role of an ED pharmacist can detect and recover possible errors in medication use. Cost benefit analysis will be conducted in the future. |
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“High Performance Medicines Management – HPMM” – Sweden HPMM was designed to provide healthcare system quality assurance, making use of the core components identified as strategic management , patient’s use of medicines and healthcare system handling of medicines . Using Delphi methods and systematic review a unique and scientifically based audit tool which could improvement medicines management processes worldwide. |
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“National monitor for the quality of medication surveillance” – The Netherlands A monitoring system of the provision of medication surveillance was created, and has been implemented in approximately 55% of all hospital pharmacies. Aspects included in the monitor inclue medication review, dosage checks, protocols and pharmacotherapeutic knowledge. |
