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WPA - Flexible Health - premier

Quality cover at an affordable price


Business Class:
- £250 • £500 • £1,000 • £3,000

Extras


Add cancer cover (with advanced cancer drugs) or advanced cancer drugs (only)
Add extra out-patient
Add emergency abroad
Add dental cover
Add premium hospitals

Up to 20% discount available for the self-employed and members of a WPA recognised Profession
This discount also applies to family members in the same household. Visit http://www.wpa.org.uk/qualify

Benefits

Add your extras - Enhance the cover with the following
cancer cover All Cancer Cover (inc advanced drugs) No
extra out-patient All Yes No
emergency abroad All Yes No
dental Plan All Yes No
premium hospitals All Yes No

Key Facts - In-patient & Day Case Charges

Hospital accommodation charges including theatre fees, nursing costs, prosthesis, in-patient drugs & dressings
Full refund of customary and reasonable fees
Surgeon / Consultant / Specialist & Anaesthetists fees
Full refund of customary and reasonable fees
Physicians fees & diagnostic tests
Full refund of customary and reasonable fees
Cancer Treatment Costs - Chemotherapy / Radiotherapy
cancer cover - Cancer Cover (inc advanced drugs)
Cancer Cover (inc advanced cancer drugs)
Full refund of hospital & Specialist charges, Radiotherapy & Chemotherapy drugs. (A 90 day deferment period applies.)
WPA will fund the use of advanced anti-cancer (targeted) treatments which are authorised for use in the UK but not readily available in the NHS, with our prior approval and when given with curative intent

Advanced Cancer Drugs
Cover for licensed cancer drugs that are not available on the NHS. £50,000 lifetime benefit (there is a 90 day deferment period).
Drugs must be licensed by the European Medical Agency (EMEA) and recommended by your cancer specialist but not yet approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and therefore not available from the NHS.
Psychiatric treatment
Not covered
Six week option
Not available

Key Facts - Out-patient Charges

Complementary medicine
extra out-patient - No
Up to £350 as an overall combined limit for Specialist consultations, physiotherapy and other therapies
extra out-patient - Yes
extra out-patient
Up to £1000 as an overall combined limit for Specialist consultations, for physiotherapy and other therapies
Diagnostic tests (excluding scans)
extra out-patient - No
Up to £350 as an overall limit for consultations and diagnostic tests arranged by either a specialist or GP, in line with customary & reasonable fees
extra out-patient - Yes
extra out-patient
Up to £1,000 as an overall limit for consultations and diagnostic tests arranged by either a specialist or GP, in line with customary & reasonable fees. Full refund for pre-admission tests in the 2 weeks prior to admission to hospital.
One follow-up consultation within 90 days following a surgical procedure and associated tests carried out on the same day for post-hospital consultation & tests
GP referred consultations
extra out-patient - No
Up to £350 as an overall limit for consultations and diagnostic tests arranged by either a specialist or GP, in line with customary & reasonable fees
extra out-patient - Yes
extra out-patient
Up to £1000 as an overall combined limit for Specialist consultations, for physiotherapy and other therapies
Physiotherapy consultant referred
extra out-patient - No
Up to £350 as an overall combined limit for Specialist consultations, physiotherapy and other therapies
extra out-patient - Yes
extra out-patient
Up to £1000 as an overall combined limit for Specialist consultations, for physiotherapy and other therapies
Physiotherapy GP referred
extra out-patient - No
Up to £350 as an overall combined limit for Specialist consultations, physiotherapy and other therapies, up to a max of 10 sessions.
extra out-patient - Yes
extra out-patient
Up to £1000 as an overall combined limit for Specialist consultations, for physiotherapy and other therapies
Psychiatric cover
Not covered
Radiotherapy / Chemotherapy
cancer cover - No
Not covered
cancer cover - Cancer Cover (inc advanced drugs)
Cancer Cover (inc advanced cancer drugs)
Full refund of hospital & Specialist charges, Radiotherapy & Chemotherapy drugs. (A 90 day deferment period applies.)
WPA will fund the use of advanced anti-cancer (targeted) treatments which are authorised for use in the UK but not readily available in the NHS, with our prior approval and when given with curative intent

Advanced Cancer Drugs
Cover for licensed cancer drugs that are not available on the NHS. £50,000 lifetime benefit (there is a 90 day deferment period).
Drugs must be licensed by the European Medical Agency (EMEA) and recommended by your cancer specialist but not yet approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and therefore not available from the NHS.
Scans - MRI / CT / PET
Full refund for MRI, CT & PET scans at the request of a Specialist and 1 MRI or CT scan arranged by your GP.
Surgical Procedures
Full refund for surgical and diagnostic procedures (including endoscopies as an out-patient) in line with customary & reasonable fees

Key Facts - Additional Benefits

NHS cash benefit
NHS Hospital Cash Benefit
£150 In-patient (less than 3 nights)
£200 In-patient (3 nights or more)
£150 Out-patient complex diagnostic scans 3 and procedures
Benefit amounts shown are per person per day/night and there is an overall combined maximum benefit of £4,500 per person per Policy year

Where you receive treatment (as an NHS patient) in one of the defined Central London NHS Hospitals, the benefit limits shown on the table will increase by £100 per day/night up to the same maximum annual limits shown.
cancer cover - Cancer Cover (inc advanced drugs)
Cancer related NHS Hospital Cash Benefit
£200 In-patient or day-patient
£150 Out-patient complex diagnostic scans 3, procedures, blood tests and radiotherapy/ chemotherapy
Benefit amounts shown are per person per day/night and there is an overall combined maximum benefit of £6,000 per person per Policy year

Where you receive treatment (as an NHS patient) in one of the defined Central London NHS Hospitals, the benefit limits shown on the table will increase by £100 per day/night up to the same maximum annual limits shown.
Nursing at home
Up to 4 weeks per plan year by a qualified nurse
Parental accommodation
Hospital accommodation charges provided the child is covered on the plan
Private ambulance
Full refund when this is needed for medical reasons to go to, from or between hospitals for treatment which is covered by the policy holder's plan

Additional Benefits

Alcohol & drug abuse
Not covered
Annual maximum limit
No annual maximum
Children covered
Yes - Children can also be on cover in their own right. A child cannot remain on a policy holder's plan once they marry or leave the main residence (except if going to higher education)
Chiropractors & Osteopaths
See Complementary Medicine benefit
Dental treatment
Not covered
extra out-patient - Yes
extra out-patient
General Dental Treatment – £200 (1 month qualifying period)
dental Plan - Yes
Dental Cover
* General Dental Treatment up to £250 per policy year (1 month qualifying period).
* Dental Emergencies up to £250 per emergency, maximum £1,000 per policy year (14 day qualifying period).
* Dental Injuries up to £20,000 per policy year.
* Defined Oral Problems up to £10,000 per policy year.
Hospice donation
£70 per day / night up to £700 per plan year
Infertility investigations
Not covered
Maternity cash benefit
Not covered
Optional cash benefit
Not covered
Out of pocket expenses
Up to £10 per day
Overseas cover
emergency abroad - No
Not covered
emergency abroad - Yes
emergency abroad (not USA & its dependency Puerto Rico))
* Trips abroad for up to 70 days per trip (annual maximum of 180 days and £500,000)
* Treatment for medical emergencies
* Evacuation/Repatriation, including family members, by air ambulance when local medical facilities are inadequate

Note that WPA only provides medical evacuation to the nearest suitable medical facility where the treatment you need is available.
We will repatriate you to the UK where treatment cannot be obtained locally and continued treatment is medically necessary.
Personal & total disability benefit
Not covered
Post hospital recovery bonus
Not covered
Pregnancy
Not covered
Transplants
No cover except for cornea transplants or skin grafts, blood transfusion and bone marrow or stem cell transplants where this forms part of treatment for cancer. For other conditions we will pay for one complete procedure (of bone marrow or stem cell transplant per lifetime for each individual person covered by the policy if it is not readily available on the NHS. Cover must be agreed before treatment starts. Donor costs will not be covered.
Other benefits
extra out-patient - Yes
extra out-patient
Optical – £200 (1 month qualifying period)
extra out-patient - Yes
extra out-patient
Health Screening – £200 (1 month qualifying period)
 
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