Private health insurance
We'd like to offer you some more detail around this benefit
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Eligibility
You become eligible in the first month of joining Switchee as a permanent employee.
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Coverage
We provide coverage for partners and children (up to 24 years old).
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Costs
We pay the cost of the insurance and you pay the tax on that cost (aka "benefit in kind").
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What's included in the cover
Hospital in-patient/day-patient treatments: Hospital Charges, Specialist Fees, Diagnostic Tests, Radiotherapy/Chemotherapy
Out-patient treatment: Specialist Consultations, Treatment and associated Diagnostic tests, Pre-admission tests, Radiotherapy/Chemotherapy, Mental Health Treatment, and specialist referral to a Physiotherapist, Chiropractor or Osteopath.
Dentistry and glasses/lenses benefits
Additional medical benefits: Home nursing, Private Ambulance, Parent accommodation when staying with a child covered by the policy, Hospice donation, Baby bonus, Treatment for complications of pregnancy and childbirth, Investigations into infertility causes, Surgical procedures on the teeth performed in a hospital, & stress counselling helpline.
Cancer treatments: including palliative care, aftercare (such as consultations with dietician, prosthetics and wigs).
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What's excluded
Any service that does not involve diagnosis or active treatment
Congenital conditions that you or your children are born with
Purely cosmetic procedures
The routine monitoring or maintenance of a chronic condition like arthritis is excluded, but active treatment – e.g. an arthritis-related knee operation – is covered.