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VitalityHealth - Essential Plan

Like the Essential Plus Plan, the Essential Plan covers most hospital fees, including specialist fees, plus accommodation and parental accommodation if your child is a patient and 12 years or under. However, this plan offers less cover outside of hospital. Please see the table below for a full list of cover.

Benefits

Key Facts - In-patient & Day Case Charges

Hospital accommodation charges including theatre fees, nursing costs, prosthesis, in-patient drugs & dressings
Covered in full
Surgeon / Consultant / Specialist & Anaesthetists fees
Covered in full
Physicians fees & diagnostic tests
Covered in full
Cancer Treatment Costs - Chemotherapy / Radiotherapy
Covered in full
Psychiatric treatment
Not covered
Six week option
Not available

Key Facts - Out-patient Charges

Complementary medicine
Not covered
Diagnostic tests (excluding scans)
Combined limit of £600 pa
GP referred consultations
Combined limit of £600 pa
Physiotherapy consultant referred
Combined limit of £600 pa
Physiotherapy GP referred
Combined limit of £600 pa
Psychiatric cover
Not covered
Radiotherapy / Chemotherapy
Covered in full
Scans - MRI / CT / PET
Covered in full at chosen hospital list
Surgical Procedures
Surgical procedures benefit not specified separately

Key Facts - Additional Benefits

NHS cash benefit
£50 per night or £50 per day (Subject to overall £2,000 annual limit)
Nursing at home
Covered up to £3,000
Parental accommodation
Covered in full (child under 12 yrs insured on policy)
Primary care
Not covered
Private ambulance
Covered up to £60 per trip

Additional Benefits

Alcohol & drug abuse
Not covered
Annual maximum limit
No annual maximum
Children covered
Dependants are covered to any age while the policy is in force
Chiropractors & Osteopaths
Combined limit of £600 pa
Dental treatment
Oral surgery only to treat an acute medical condition
GP minor surgery
Not covered
GP Referred Chiropody, Podiatry or Homeopathy
Not covered
Hospice care cash benefit
Donation of £100 per day up to £1,000 max
Infertility investigations
Not covered
Maternity cash benefit
£100 per child
Optional cash benefit
Not covered
Out of pocket expenses
Not covered
Overseas cover
Not covered
Personal & total disability benefit
Not covered
Post hospital recovery bonus
Not covered
Pregnancy
Cover for ectopic pregnancy, hydatidiform mole, heavy bleeding post delivery or miscarriages only
Stress counselling helpline
24 hour, 7 day a week private GP telephone consultation service
Transplants
Not covered
 
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