Pharmaceutical Care is the pharmacist’s contribution to the care of individuals, in order to optimize medicines use and improve health outcomes.
The Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe (PCNE) was established in 1994 by a number of European pharmaceutical care researchers. It became an official association (under Dutch law) in 2004. According to the bylaws, the aim of PCNE is to help to develop pharmacy along the lines of pharmaceutical care in the involved European countries through:
- stimulating pharmaceutical care and pharmacy related outcome research in Europe;
- stimulating research and implementation projects carried out in more countries simultaneously;
- organising a bi-annual working conference around pharmaceutical care and pharmacy practice research;
- all other possible activities that serve the aim of the association.
Upcoming conferences
15th PCNE Working Conference 2027
- 10-13th February, 2027
- Hamburg, Germany
News
PCNE Working group on Guidelines and Indicators
For evidence-based recommendations to implement pharmaceutical care in practice, professional guidelines are needed. To facilitate the definition and measurement
15-STARS – a new adherence questionnaire
The PCNE Working group “Adherence” successfully finalised the publication of the new 15-STARS adherence questionnaire that was developed during



