Deprescribing, a subject that has gained increasing importance in prescribing practice across the world over the last decade is discussed in this European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy's special podcast. The editors of the themed issue, Barry Jubraj, Clinical Senior Lecturer, King’s College London and Nina Barnett, Consultant Pharmacist, Medicines Use and Safety Division, NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service, examine its highlights. Read 'A themed journal issue on deprescribing' here: http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/24/1.toc.

Lindsey Fountain talks to the editors of the new book Practical Pharmaceutics about how they updated this edition of book and how it is structured to help pharmacists with patient care. The project was financed by the EAHP and the Dutch pharmaceutical organisations KNMP and NVZA. The book was published by Springer in August 2015. For further information please visit http://www.eahp.eu/publications/textbookPractPharm or http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319158136.

Sotiris Antoniou, consultant pharmacist for cardiovascular medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust, talks through the importance of anticoagulation, and how to consult patients.This podcast was recorded at EAHP 2014.

Matthieu Tjoeng, head of pharmacy at Sint Antonius Ziekenhuis, Anne Spinewine, clinical pharmacist at UCL and CHU Dinant Godinne, and Steve Williams, associate editor of EJHP and honorary clinical lecturer at University Hospital of South Manchester, discuss re-engineering clinical pharmacy services.This podcast was recorded at EAHP 2014.

Dr Juraj Sykora works at the National Cancer Institution, is an associate editor of EJHP and faculty member for EAHP. Here he discusses EAHP 2014, innovation and biosimilars.This podcast is in Slovak, and was recorded at EAHP 2014.

Dr Juraj Sykora, National Cancer Institution, associate editor of EJHP, and faculty member of EAHP, discusses the formation of a common training framework.This podcast was recorded at EAHP 2014.

Piera Polidori lavora all’ISMETT ed è coredattrice di EJHP. In questo podcast descrive un nuovo progetto italiano in cui è coinvolta sul ruolo del farmacista clinico nella gestione degli antimicrobici. A seguito di un progetto del 2010 con il Ministero della Sanità, l’EAHP e la società italiana di oncologia, quest’anno la SIFO – Società Italiana di Farmacia Ospedaliera promuove il nuovo progetto a supporto dello sviluppo della farmacia clinica in Italia. Simona Creazzola è farmacista presso l’ASL Napoli 1 Centro. È membro del Consiglio Direttivo della SIFO, la società italiana che rappresenta i farmacisti ospedalieri nel Sistema Sanitario Nazionale, e collabora alla redazione dell’EJHP. Simona ci è venuta a parlare del nuovo Laboratorio HTA della SIFO. Il Laboratorio HTA punta a raccogliere le esperienze passate nel campo HTA – Health Technology Assesment sui farmaci e dispositivi medici per costruire un’importante struttura per la divulgazione della cultura della valutazione sistematica tra gli associati attraverso gli strumenti corretti. Questo podcast è in Italiano ed è stato registrato all’EAHP 2014.

Duncan McRobbie, associate chief pharmacist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust Foundation, talks about un-intentional and intentional reasons for not taking or continuing a prescription.This podcast was recorded at EAHP 2014.

Roberto Frontini, director of pharmacy, University of Leipzig, and president, EAHP, explains the focus of the EAHP European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy in May. He also talks about how pharmacists can work with and engage clinicians and other hospital staff. This podcast is one of a series recorded at the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Congress 2014. For all those in the series, see: soundcloud.com/tags/eahp%202014

Roberto Frontini, director of pharmacy, University of Leipzig, and president, EAHP, discusses the future of hospital pharmacy, and how the profession may look in 2020. This podcast is one of a series recorded at the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Congress 2014. For all those in the series, see: soundcloud.com/tags/eahp%202014