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General Assembly 2010

The next general assembly of the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe Association will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on the 27th August 2010 at the School of Pharmacy of the Lisbon University. A general assembly offers the opportunity for presenting as a new member, and for exchanging information about research projects.
For more information, contact the professional secretariat.

PCNE workshop during Social Pharmacy Workshop in Lisbon

In the afternnon of the 26th August 2010 PCNE members will facilitate a workshop on medication review (doing it the PCNE way), during the Social Pharmacy Workshop. This workshop will be held at the the School of Pharmacy of the Lisbon University. For more information see the conference website: .

Working conference 2011 on the way

On the 31st of March 2010, the organising committee for the next working conference met in Manchester, UK. They decided that the next PCNE Working Conference will be held in Manchester, on 23 - 26th March 2011. The venue will be the 'Chancellors Hotel and Conference centre', part of the University of Manchester. Look here for more information on the venue for the next PCNE working conference. The leading title of the conference will be: -->'Does Pharmaceutical Care Impact on the Safety of Individual Patients?'.
More information will follow soon on this site.

Dr. Søndergaard retires from the Board

In March 2010 Birthe Søndergaard has stepped down as a board member of PCNE . She has left university, and is now working for the Association of Danish Pharmacies, Danmarks Apotekerforeningen.

PCNE Symposia 2009: materials on-line!

All reports on the PCNE Working Symposia in Geneva (2 and 3 November 2009) are now on-line and can be retrieved by clicking here. Additional information can also be obtained from the PCNE professional secretariat.

New version of the PCNE-DRP classification

A new version of the DRP classification has been published (V6.2). It has now been reviewed by the members of the PCNE working group on DRP-classifications and discussed during the PCNE symposium in Geneva in November 2009. If you wish too use this version, you can download it from this page. Please note that this new version is not yet validated (apart from face-validity issues), and it is no longer compatible with previous versions.

General Assembly September 2009 in Istanbul

The last general assembly of PCNE was held on the 4th of September 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Members can find the minutes and other papers for the meeting in the Members Only part of this website. Two new members of the board have been elected, Dr. Mary Tully (now Chairperson, UK) and Dr. Maria Cordina (Secretary, Malta). Dr. Martin Henman and Dr. Foppe van Mil stepped down as board members, but will still be the professional secretary of PCNE.
After presentation of her work, Prof. Ljiljana Tasic from Belgrad, with her department, was accepted as new member. The Department of Pharmacy of the University of Sydney was accepted as an observer-member, after a presentation by Dr. Tim Chen. Their presentations can be found at the members-only part of this website.


New Board

In September 2009 new board members were elected for the PCNE association. The current board of PCNE consists of

  • Dr. Mary Tully, United Kingdom, Chairperson
  • Dr. Maria Cordina, Malta, Secretary
  • Dr. Filipa Alves da Costa, Portugal
  • Dr. Mara Guerreiro, Portugal
  • Dr. Tommy Westerlund, Sweden

The PCNE fora

In July 2009, new 'Discussion Fora' have been installed, to enable especially the PCNE members (but also other interested parties) to discuss different issues in the field of pharmaceutical care. Contact the professional secretariat if you are a PCNE member and wish to contribute to the fora. Non-members can view all content, but not contribute.

Please note

This wesbite is for people who are interested in the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe. Please give the address to as many interested parties as you wish.


If you want to go to the PCNE forum, click here.