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Important points about our cancer promise:

Specialist Centres for cancer

Specialist Centres for Breast and Bowel Cancer can provide all initial tests in one visit. Meaning you could get the all-clear in a single visit.

Our cancer promise includes:

Member stories

Our members inspire us every day with their stories and we’re here to help them control their conditions, supporting them as soon as they need it.

Your health insurance policy will include cancer cover if you or your employer chose to include it.



You can choose between three levels of cancer cover when you join:

  • Cancer Cover
    This is our highest level of cancer cover. It fully covers the cost of eligible cancer treatments. This includes radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, and stem cell transplants.
  • NHS Cancer Cover Plus
    This level of cover pays for cancer treatment if the treatment you need isn’t available on the NHS. Cancer treatments that could be covered are radiotherapy, chemotherapy, drug therapy or operations.
  • No cancer cover
    You can choose to exclude cancer cover from your policy.

You can check your cover documents or speak to us if you’re not sure what’s included in your cover.

You can choose to add one of our cancer cover options to your Bupa health insurance policy. Choose between Cancer Cover or NHS Cancer Cover Plus. Cancer Cover fully covers the cost of eligible cancer treatments. NHS Cancer Cover Plus pays for cancer treatment if the treatment you need isn’t available on the NHS.



You’ll need to use a hospital from the Bupa network. And you’ll need to see a consultant that we recognise and who charges within Bupa rates. We call these fee-assured consultants.



Everyone’s policy is individual. You may not be covered for some conditions or treatments. Check your cover documents or speak to us if you’re not sure.

Yes, you can. We don’t take family history of cancer into account when deciding whether to offer you cover.

We don’t cover conditions that you had before your policy started. However, we’ll cover any cancer that spreads or returns. We’ll do this as long as you already have cancer cover included on your Bupa health insurance.

We don’t cover conditions that you had before getting Bupa health insurance.



We don’t pay for treatments that are not evidence-based. The only exception is when the treatment is part of a clinical trial, the protocols of which have been reviewed and approved by us.



If you select an NHS Cancer Cover Plus policy, we won’t cover treatments that are available on the NHS.



Our dedicated support team can help guide you through what cancer treatment is right for you - we’ll be with you every step of the way.

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