EAHP survey and European Statements of Hospital Pharmacy – Can we achieve a perfect match?

Abstract

The European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy ‘examined and determined’ what the role of hospital pharmacy practice should be in today’s Europe, and the Statements were agreed by hospital pharmacists and external stakeholders. However, their implementation is challenging. The 2014 European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) General Assembly dedicated considerable time to determining the most difficult and important issues. For 20 years the EAHP Survey has been the main tool to identify the state-of-art of the profession throughout Europe, but it is now time to re-think survey procedures so that it will provide EAHP and its members with quicker and more relevant feedback and information. Therefore, a new model with a 3-year cycle has been developed and approved by the General Assembly. A set of questions that can be properly evaluated should be devised and a benchmarking tool built. Many other issues also need to be resolved in the next few months.