Private health insurance
Can you help us? Some private health insurers will make a donation when their customers are referred to Oakhaven Hospice.
Do you have private health insurance?
If you have private health insurance, either that you’ve taken out for yourself or that you receive from an employer - we would like to ask for your help.
Some private medical insurance companies will make donations to organisations such as Oakhaven Hospice who provide palliative care free of charge. This is because they recognise that by receiving care with Oakhaven, their customers are saving the insurance company the cost of a stay in a private hospital or private suite in an NHS hospice.
The payments we receive from health insurers help us continue to provide care free of charge to anyone who needs it.
If you are a patient, we would be very grateful if you would allow us to contact your private medical insurer to see if your policy covers hospice care. If it does, we would ask for a donation.
You don’t need to have stayed in our Inpatient Unit for us to apply for a donation; we can still request one if you’ve received support at home or attended our Day Hospice.
Of course, there is absolutely no obligation for you to provide us with this information, but if you can it is very much appreciated.
Frequently asked questions
How can I help?
If you have private health insurance and think you could help, please complete the form below.
Private Health Insurance Consent Form
This form enables patients to provide consent for Oakhaven to contact their private health insurance company, to advise that their customer is now under our care and to ask for a donation.
How much could your private health insurer donate to Oakhaven Hospice?
Aviva Healthcare
Aviva Healthcare will pay £70 per night to the hospice. This is for a maximum of 10 nights in one policy year. This donation applies when the policyholder receives care as a patient of a hospice and Aviva has previously covered treatment for the condition.
This benefit is also available under the core cover for the Aviva Solutions plan for businesses with 1-249 employees.
Aviva Cancer Cover
Aviva Cancer Cover will make a donation of £100 per night if the individual is admitted to a hospice, up to £10,000. Aviva will also make a donation to a hospice if the policyholder is visited at home by a nurse from the hospice. This will be a donation of £50 per day that a hospice nurse is with the patient, up to a limit of £10,000.
This benefit is also available under the core cover for the Aviva Solutions plan for businesses with 1-249 employees.
Axa Health
‘Health For You’ Plan and ‘Personal Health’ Plan
The Comprehensive Cancer Cover option for both the ‘Health For You’ plan and the ‘Personal Health’ plan include a donation of £100 per night to a registered hospice charity when the policyholder is provided free treatment in a hospice.
Both plans also include a donation of £100 per day when the policyholder is provided free hospice at home care treatment instead of receiving treatment in a hospice.
InSpire Health Plan
The Comprehensive Cancer Cover option of the InSpire Health plan includes a donation of £100 per night to a hospice for end of life care as an in-patient or at home
General Medical
Under the following plans, General and Medical’s health insurance policy includes a £75 hospice donation per night for the policy’s lifetime, up to £7500.
- Essentials Plus Upgrade
- Lifestyle (Standard)
- Lifestyle Plus Upgrade
- Elite
H3 Insurance
Provides a Hospice Cash Benefit of £50 per day, limited to £5,000, under their ‘Comprehensive Cancer Treatment’ plan and their ‘Enhanced Cancer Treatment’ plan.
BUPA
Where a Bupa private medical insurance member receives end of life hospice care, whether at home or in a hospice, Bupa makes a donation to support hospices in their work. The donation is £200 per episode, up to a lifetime maximum of £1,000. The hospice donation applies to both cancer and non-cancer conditions.
PHC
PHC only provides corporate health insurance. Of their four available plans, only plans 1, 2 and 3 include a hospice donation. Under these plans, hospices providing care in the terminal stage of cancer will receive £75 per day, for a maximum of 15 days over the lifetime of the policy holder’s membership.
SAGA
SAGA’s Extended Cancer Cover includes donation to a hospice for three of their health plans: Health Plan Super, Health Plan Secure and Health Plan Saver Plus.
For patients with Extended Cancer Cover, SAGA will donate:
£100 a night up to a maximum of £2,000 a year when the policy holder is provided free treatment in a hospice.
£100 per day up to a maximum of £2,000 a year when the policy holder is provided free hospice at home care treatment in lieu of a residential hospice admission.
The Exeter
The Exeter’s core health insurance cover includes a donation of £250 to a hospice if an individual is admitted for care. This is covered for cancer and non-cancer conditions.
Vitality
Vitality’s cancer cover includes a £75 donation for each day spent in a hospice for end stage cancer.
With their Extended Cancer Cover, Vitality also cover the charges for a qualified nurse providing skilled nursing care at home, up to a maximum of £1,000 per day for no more than 14 days. This payment is issued directly to the nurse.
WPA
WPA offers a Hospice Donation of £70 per night up to £700. This is one of their core benefits and is included in all of their health insurance policies.
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