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Share your Benenden Healthcare membership with family and friends

Get a quick quote now and see how much it would cost for you and your family.


  
  

Add family and friends when you join Benenden Healthcare

You'll be prompted to add family and friends when you join online, or if you choose to join via the phone 0845 052 5733* we'll ask you to provide their details then. Alternatively, you can download and complete an application form (pdf).

Payment options for existing members to add Friends & Family Healthcare

If you already pay for your Benenden Healthcare membership by Direct Debit, you can choose to cover the costs for your family and friends yourself. It's ideal if you want to share your membership as a gift, for a dependent relative, for example. After 6 months, your family and friends can exercise the option to pay for their healthcare themselves. It's simple to do - you can add family and friends online, download and complete an application form or call us on 0845 052 5733* with your membership details.

Alternatively, they can pay for themselves straight away. Just give them your membership number and ask them to call 0845 052 5733* with their bank details to hand. We'll set up their Direct Debits and add them to your membership.

Other payment options for existing members

If you currently pay for your membership by salary or pension deduction, please contact our friendly sales advisors on 0845 052 5733* to see if you are eligible to alter your payments via this method.

If your membership is paid for by your employer under a corporate healthcare scheme, add family and friends by downloading this application form (pdf).

The application process for Friends and Family Healthcare

  • there are no medical questionnaires to fill in
  • we won't ask you for your medical history
  • there are no age limits - from newborns to grandparents
  • there is no eligibility criteria for family and friends, everyone is welcome

Remarkable value for friends and family healthcare

At £1.50 per person per week - only £78 a year - you, your family and your friends get access to a wide range of excellent discretionary healthcare services. For a typical 21st century family (2 adults, 1.8 children) the costs work out at only £6 per week, which is excellent value for the first-class healthcare reassurance you need.

  
 
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0845 052 5733*

Lines open 8am - 5pm, Mon-Fri (excluding bank holidays)

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0845 052 5701*

Lines open 8am - 8pm, Mon-Fri (excluding bank holidays)

  
  

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*Calls may be recorded. Calls cost a maximum of 4p per minute for BT customers. The price of calls from non-BT lines will vary.

Benenden Healthcare membership is initially available to current or former employees of the public sector, and other approved organisations whose aims and objectives are deemed compatible with those of the Society. Examples of such employers are the Post Office, Civil Service, BT, mutual organisations and not-for-profit organisations. Employees or members of approved UK-registered charities, co-operatives or credit unions are also eligible. Some services have a six month qualifying period.

The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited is an incorporated friendly society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1992, registered number 480F. The Society’s contractual business (the provision of tuberculosis benefit) is authorised by the FSA. The remainder of the Society’s business is undertaken on a discretionary basis. The Society is subject to FSA requirement for prudential management. Registered Office: The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GG.

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