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To describe hospital pharmacy involvement in medication management in Ireland, both generally and at points of transfer of care, and to gain a broad perspective of the hospital pharmacy workforce.

A survey of all adult, acute, public hospitals with an accident and emergency (A&E) department (n = 36), using a semi-structured telephone interview.

There was a 97% (n = 35) response rate. The majority (n = 25, 71.4%) of hospitals reported delivery of a clinical pharmacy service. On admission, pharmacists were involved in taking or verifying medication histories in a minority (n = 15, 42.9%) of hospitals, while few (n = 6, 17.1%) deployed staff to the A&E/acute medical admissions unit. On discharge, the majority (n = 30, 85.7%) did not supply any take-out medication, a minority (n = 5, 14.3%) checked the discharge prescription …