More specifically, the position paper :
- calls on national governments and health system managers to acknowledge hospital pharmacists’ drug expertise by investing in medication reconciliation and optimisation roles in all healthcare facilities, including nursing homes, as a key part of the European level response to the increasing prevalence of polypharmacy;
- calls for strengthened inter-sector communication, coordination and multi-disciplinary collaboration as critical approaches to meeting the health system challenges of an ageing society;
- strongly supports regulatory innovation to increase the participation of older patients with possible multi-morbidities in clinical trials;
- urges both governments and the EU to address the growing challenge of an ageing health workforce by investing in education, mobility and best practice sharing.
For more information:
- EAHP website: https://www.eahp.eu/
- EAHP position paper on an ageing society