PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Robert John Moss
AU  - Aida Batista
AU  - Despina Makridaki
AU  - András Süle
AU  - Stephanie Kohl
TI  - Procurement
AID  - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2018-001822
DP  - 2019 May 01
TA  - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
PG  - 173--174
VI  - 26
IP  - 3
4099  - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/26/3/173.short
4100  - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/26/3/173.full
SO  - Eur J Hosp Pharm2019 May 01; 26
AB  - EAHP’s position paper advocates for the involvement of hospital pharmacists in procurement. The immediate concern of any hospital pharmacist is to ensure that every patient within the hospital receives the medications needed. For this reason, hospital pharmacists have a direct stake in the efficient functioning of the medicines’ supply chain. The position touches on pharmaceutical tendering which is a complex process that involves different stakeholders and steps that are regulated at national level leading to diverse solutions in the different European countries. In addition, these processes are guided by publications of other international actors such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The second part focuses on the role of hospital pharmacists in procurement which due to their knowledge and skills are specialists in the field of all medicines’ procurement. Hospital pharmacists should lead in all phases of the procurement processes and practices to ensure the continuity of the supply of cost-effective and quality medicines to patients.