Referral to National Highly Specialised Care (NHV) for severe skin symptoms

To refer a patient to be managed under NHV for severe skin symptoms, use our referral template.

Referral template for severe skin symptoms (PDF, Swedish)

About our services

National Highly Specialised Care (NHV) is care that is complex or rare. The aim of concentrating this care is to enable healthcare providers to maintain expertise across the multidisciplinary team and to develop and maintain high-quality care without limiting accessability.

On 24 May 2023, a decision was taken on National Highly Specialised Care (NHV) for severe skin conditions, which means that from 1 July 2024, care will be concentrated in five hospitals. It includes consultation, assessment, treatment and follow-up of people with severe skin symptoms, regardless of age, caused by, for example but not exclusively, blister dermatoses, reactions to medication, pyoderma gangrenosum and hidradenitis suppurativa.

Contact with a national unit should be initiated when one of the following criteria is met:

• Unclear diagnosis
• Conventional treatment has an insufficient effect.