INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS CLASSIC

This is surgery that requires you to stay in a bed in a hospital or a clinic during a single day and not overnight.

The charges made by a consultant, physician, surgeon or anaesthetist following treatment provided to you.

We pay up to GBP 5,000 / USD 10,000 / EUR 8,000 each membership year. This benefit amount is chared with Consultants' fees for consultations

Therapists: these can include occupational therapists, orthoptists, dieticians and speech therapists. They must be legally qualified to practice in the country where treatment is received. Complementary medicine practitioners: these can include acupuncturists, homeopaths and Chinese medicine practitioners. They must be legally qualified to practice in the country where treatment is received.

We pay in full for up to 20 visits each membership year.

Vaccinations and immunisations provide immunity to disease and can often be carried out by your family doctor. Examples are: - travel vaccinations - malaria tablets - pneumococcal vaccinations - vaccinations to aid the prevention of cancer, such as human papilloma virus (HPV)

We pay up to GBP 100 / USD 200 / EUR 150 each membership year.

The charges that relate to your accommodation as an inpatient. This includes the costs of occupying the hospital’s standard single room with bathroom (en-suite) and also includes your own meals and refreshments.

Nursing care are the general services such as drug provision and wound care provided to you by nursing staff, often immediately before and after surgery and during your recovery.

Theatre charges are costs relating to your surgery. These could include drugs and dressings, equipment and fees for the use of the actual theatre room.

Pathology is the study and diagnosis of illness through the study of bodily fluids, tissues and organs. Common examples are blood tests and skin biopsies. X-rays are used in radiography to generate images of the body’s structures to aid diagnosis. Diagnostic tests can take various forms, but for example include cardiovascular stress tests, electrocardiograms (ECGs) and spirometry (lung function tests).

If your child is under 18 and is a Bupa Global member receiving treatment for which he or she is covered under their policy for, we will pay for you to stay with your child in the same hospital. Please note we can only pay for one parent per night.

Examples are: magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and positron emission tomography. These are modern imaging techniques that allow medical professionals invaluable and detailed views of the body’s structure and function.

A selection of services available to all of our members. As a Bupa Global member, you can call our Medical Centre at any time of the day or night and speak to medically trained people who understand your situation and can give you the healthcare advice, support and assistance you need. We also have a team of expertly trained people ready to help with any general enquiries you may have. Our people come from many different cultures so, wherever in the world you may be, you can be sure of help from someone who can speak to you in your language.

Home nursing is care provided immediately following a stay in hospital by a qualified nurse in your home.

We pay up to GBP 100 / USD 200 / EUR 150 each day up to a maximum of 20 days each membership year.

This is a cash payment made to you (instead of any other benefit) for each night you receive eligible inpatient treatment without charge. For example, if you received treatment at no charge from the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. Please note that this benefit is not payable when related to normal pregnancy treatment.

We pay GBP 75 / USD 150 / EUR 110 each night up to 20 nights each membership year.

We pay for medically necessary travel by local road ambulance (a medically-equipped and staffed vehicle) when related to eligible day-case or inpatient treatment.

Treatment of an eligible condition is paid for with this benefit instead of any other benefit for all treatment required by a newborn child during the first 90 days following birth.

We pay up to GBP 75,000 / USD 150,000 / EUR 110,000 maximum benefit for all treatment received during the first 90 days following birth.

Treatment in the form of a combination of therapies such as physical, occupational and speech therapy aimed at restoring full function after an acute event such as a stroke.

We pay in full for up to 30 days of treatment each membership year, either when this is received in hospital or on an out-patient basis

If this option is purchased, you gain access to our US Service Partner’s national network of hospitals, clinics and medical practitioners. Our Service Partner will help you arrange treatment within this network.

When eligible treatment takes place in the US using the US provider network, benefit is paid at 100 percent. When eligible treatment takes place in the US but outside of this network, benefit is paid at 80 percent. 

Evacuation – if the treatment you need is not available locally, we will arrange for you to be evacuated to the nearest centre of medical excellence, no matter where you are in the world. Repatriation – our highest level of assistance cover gives you the choice of returning to your home country (if treatment is not available locally) to be treated in familiar surroundings, near your family and friends.

If you need to cover a group of 100 members or more, we can tailor a policy to suit your exact requirements.