How to join Benenden Healthcare

Pay by Direct Debit and join online today

Our secure online application form takes just minutes to complete, and is available online 24/7 for your convenience.

If you would prefer to speak to someone you can call our friendly enrolment executives on 0845 052 5733* or request a call back on a time and date to suit you. Lines are open 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays). Alternatively, you can download a form and return it to our freepost address.

You will have the option to add on as many family or friends to your membership at the time of joining or at any point after for the same affordable fee of £1.50 per person per week.

Pay by deduction from salary or pension

Simply download and complete our salary application form (pdf) or call our friendly enrolment executives on 0845 052 5733*. You can also request a call back from Benenden Healthcare. Lines are open 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays).

Information about which organisations currently accept this method of payment (pdf).

If you change your mind

Once you have become a member of Benenden Healthcare, if you change your mind and decide you do not wish to be a member, let us know within 14 days of receipt of your membership pack and we will cancel your membership immediately and return any payments you've already made.

After the 14-day cooling off period, you can cancel your membership at any time, but any payments made will not be refunded.

Contact us

For more information, or to join today, call:

0845 052 5733*

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

Existing members call:

0845 052 5701*

Lines open 8am - 8pm, Mon-Fri (excluding bank holidays),
8am – 4pm, Sat

Enquiry form

Join online today

Joining Benenden Healthcare couldn't be easier. To join online today, you'll only need the following details:

Your personal details
Details of family members
Your bank details.

Join now

Alternatively, retrieve an application here.

To view the PDF documents you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download)

*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.