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.
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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.
The special EAHP Congress Student Programme will be held on Wednesday 16 March, 2016 at 14:00-18:00, at the Austria Center Vienna, room Hall L3. One of the hosts will be Dr. Tonna who is currently a Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy at Robert Gordon University in Scotland. Together with her co-hosts and colleagues Dr. Cunningham and Dr. Edwards, she teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students and hopes that they can bring this experience to the table when they are facilitating the student session. Dr. Tonna also has a hospital pharmacist background as she has worked for a number of years in hospitals in Malta and in Oxford, UK. As one of the hosts of the Student programme, she aims to combine the two to deliver an interesting and exciting session for pharmacy students and to provide them with knowledge that can be implemented whatever their aimed future work environment.
Dr. Tonna also revealed something else about the student session. Have a look at the questions and answers below and join this interesting session in Vienna!
1. The topic of the student session this year is “A systematic approach to pharmaceutical care – what is this all about and how can it be implemented by the hospital pharmacist?”. Why did you choose this topic?
➢ Pharmaceutical care is the key to delivery of good patient care by the pharmacist, whether the patient is in hospital or in the community. To ensure that patient care is optimised and individualised to the specific patient needs, a number of systematic approaches have been developed. Adopting a systematic approach allows the pharmacist to deliver consistently to a high standard when there are demands for the pharmacist’s time.
2. What kind of background should the participants have?
➢ The session will be aimed primarily at students. Newly qualified pharmacists or pharmacists who have just started working in hospital and with limited experience in developing care plans for hospital patients may also find this session interesting.
3. You aim to have an interactive, hands-on approach to the topic. Could you give us some hints what kind of workshop is to be expected?
➢ The workshop will involve an introduction and overview of a systematic approach to pharmaceutical care based on Hepler and Strand’s (1990) work. This will be followed by an interactive workshop where participants will work as groups and develop a pharmaceutical care plan for a given patient. For anyone wishing to read around issues prior to the session, the patient that will be discussed has hypertension, osteoarthritis and insomnia. Researching the evidence-based management of these medical conditions beforehand may be helpful since the information is vital towards the development of the care plan which will involve optimisation of the patient’s current treatment. Videos and patient cases will be some of the teaching methods used in this session.
More information about the EAHP Congress Student Programme can be found here.
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| Dr. Tonna | Dr. Cunningham | Dr. Edwards |
