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  • The European Hospital Pharmacy Workforce Investigation

  • Dear Colleagues,

    We invite all pharmacists working in hospitals, pharmacy assistants, technicians, and other related professionals to participate in this important survey about workforce dynamics within hospital pharmacy settings.

    This study aims to gather insights into staffing levels, evolving professional roles, job satisfaction factors, and other key aspects affecting professionals in European hospitals. Your responses will help develop evidence-based strategies to strengthen workforce planning, support professional development, and address the challenges faced by hospital pharmacy teams.

    The survey uses conditional (skip) logic, ensuring that the questions you see are relevant to your professional role and previous answers.

    🕒 Estimated Completion Time: 10–15 minutes.  

    🔒 Confidentiality: All responses are anonymous and will be treated with strict confidentiality.

    We greatly appreciate your time and contributions to this important initiative.


    Sincerely,


    Nenad Miljković  

    EAHP President  


    Petr Horák  

    EAHP Workforce Project Chairman 

     

  • The note on pharmaceutical technicians/assistants and other professions:

    This questionnaire is intended for all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in hospitals and hospital pharmacies in the EAHP member countries. As we do not have a uniform definition of the profession of pharmacy assistant in Europe, for the purposes of this survey, we use the following:

    A pharmacy technician is a healthcare professional who assists pharmacists in dispensing medications and providing pharmaceutical services. Their responsibilities may typically include preparing and dispensing prescription medications under the supervision of a pharmacist, managing inventory, storage, processing prescriptions, and compounding medicines, and dispensing medical devices.

    In Europe, a pharmacy technician is also named a "Pharmaceutical Technician," "Pharmaceutical Assistant," or "Pharmacist Assistant," depending on the country (there are further names that are specific to different countries; namely, the Nordic countries have all different names for Pharmacy Technicians). This questionnaire is also relevant to all other healthcare professionals working in hospital pharmacies with similar competencies as pharmacy assistants (i.e., nurses).

  • Saving the survey draft

    Depending on your role, this survey will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Should you need to interrupt your work on the survey, you may save the draft and continue the survey later. You will find the SAVE button at the end of each page. If you click this button, the prompt will ask you to log in to Jotform using your Google or Microsoft account, or sign up using your email. Nevertheless, you may skip this step using the link below ("Skip Create an Account"). In the next step, the system will allow you to copy the link to your saved draft or fill in your email to which the link will be sent. 

  • Introductory part

  • General questions/perception

  • No shortage: The number of staff corresponds to demand; no overload or service disruption is observed.

    Mild shortage: Temporary gaps; some positions are harder to fill, but services are maintained without major limitations.

    Moderate shortage: Regular staffing issues, increasing workload, frequent overtime, and occasional service delays or reductions.

    Severe shortage: Unable to maintain services at standard levels; departments may close, patients may be turned away, and positions remain unfilled for extended periods.

    Critical shortage: Systemic crisis, patient safety at risk, significant service failures, emergency measures required.

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  • Impacts of the Shortage

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  • Questions specific to chief pharmacists/chief pharmacy technicians (and deputies)

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  • Hiring process & salaries

  • Strategies & mitigation

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  • Job satisfaction/well-being

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  • Dear colleague, thank you for your time on this questionnaire. The very last part focuses on the risk of burnout among hospital pharmacy personnel.

    The Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) is a set of questions (below) designed to assess employee burnout levels by focusing on two key dimensions: exhaustion and disengagement. Unlike other burnout measures, the OLBI includes positively and negatively worded items to provide a more balanced and accurate view of how individuals experience their work. The exhaustion items evaluate feelings of physical and cognitive fatigue, while the disengagement items assess emotional distance and lack of enthusiasm toward work tasks. You, as the respondents, are encouraged to answer honestly based on your recent experiences, as your feedback can possibly help organisations understand workforce well-being and develop better support strategies.

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  • Finishing questions

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