Private health cover from BUPA - Keeping businesses healthier

If you’re thinking about private health cover for you or your company, and would like to learn more about what is available and how health insurance cover can benefit your employees and business, you may appreciate this simple guide written by leading healthcare provider BUPA.

A unique approach to keeping businesses healthier

No two businesses are the same. Having worked with over 40,000 companies and millions of employees over the last 60 years, no healthcare provider knows this better than BUPA. Which is why we do things differently.

More employers are realising just how important it is to have a healthier workforce. Not just to help improve productivity and profit, but in respect of the vital contribution their performance has on the overall success of each and every business.

Yes, providing your employees with prompt access to medical diagnosis and treatment will help them return to work sooner after sickness absence, but is that enough on its own? For many of our clients, the answer is no.

At BUPA, we are different, and we'd like to demonstrate why we're the right choice for your business. As you'd expect, we can offer you and your employees expert private health cover as standard.

What makes BUPA stand apart though isn't just the wealth of experience, the specialist touches, the member offers or the added value for your employees. The difference is in our approach and what we can offer your organisation as a whole.

Working with you and your employees

In addition to the provision of private health care, we look for ways to add value to our members when they don't require treatment. As BUPA members your employees would be eligible for a range of specially negotiated member offers on a wide range of products and services.

For example, as part of our ongoing relationship with Fitness First, BUPA members also have access to preferential membership rates at UK based Fitness First health clubs.

Taking care of business

BUPA are as passionate in delivering a caring, efficient service as the consultants who treat our members. So you can look forward to receiving full, expert guidance and access to a wealth of information and support. We can also communicate the benefits to your employees and keep them up-to-date with any new medicines, treatment centres and member offers that they are eligible for.

Whichever products, services or package you require, BUPA will ensure that they are easy to implement, supported by expert advice and offer real value for money at every stage. With no shareholders to pay, we can continuously re-invest in improving and enhancing our healthcare insurance and provision.

BUPA is also the only provider to establish networks of approved treatment centres for specific conditions, such as bowel, breast and gynaecological cancers.

Time to take a proactive stance on health in the workplace

The government's current Health, Work and Wellbeing strategy places responsibility on employers and individuals to improve the health of the working age population. There are many ways in which BUPA can help businesses with this.

For example, BUPA Positive Health is a proactive online service, available to all employees through their BUPA company scheme at no extra cost. It offers access to a series of interactive health assessments, lifestyle advice and health tips.

By focusing on four core areas which impact on performance at work (sleep, nutrition, stress and fitness), BUPA Positive Health could help to improve employee health and productivity.

For more information about how BUPA could help your company call one of our business advisors today on 08457 66 11 15* quoting 11R or visit www.bupaselect.com

* Lines are open Monday to Friday 8am ˆ 8pm, weekends 9am ˆ 5pm. BT landline calls to 0845 numbers will cost no more than 3 pence per minute. Charges from other providers may vary and calls made from mobiles usually cost more. Calls may be recorded and monitored.