Healthcare professionals
Our purpose is longer, healthier, happier lives. We deliver this in partnership with healthcare professionals like you.
Information for your role
We can help you and your organisation depending on the type of work that you do.
Our expertise
We work with a range of professionals to support patients through the whole healthcare journey.
About us
We’re a global health and care company, and our purpose is longer, healthier, happier lives. In the United Kingdom, we offer health insurance and other health and care funding products, including cash plans and pay as you go services. We also run care homes, and retirement and care villages; offer health assessments, physiotherapy and dental treatment at our health and dental centres; and provide care for insured, pay as you go and international patients at our Cromwell Hospital; as well as providing workplace health services. Find out how we can work together to support your patients.Learn more
Apply for Bupa recognition
Apply for Bupa recognition and join around 25,000 consultants, 8,000 therapists, and 1,200 hospitals and facilities treating our insured patients. As well as reimbursing you for treating them, we’ll help you:
- raise your profile
- promote your practice/facility online to potential patients, GPs and the public
Consultant recognition
Therapist recognition
Facility recognition
Information for your role
Consultants
We can help you to build your private practice. Find out how to join around 25,000 recognised consultants who treat our insured patients, how you can promote your practice to them, and how you can practise at our Cromwell Hospital.
Therapists
Grow your private practice. Become recognised to join over 8,000 therapists who treat our health insurance patients, and discover how you can market your practise to patients looking for local appointments.
Nurses
Find out how Bupa services can help your patients, explore our health information and the care options we offer. Learn more about working for us.
GPs
Helping you to support your patients. From information on making a referral for private treatment, to offering health information and advice, we can help.
Social workers
Helping your clients at home or when discharged from hospital. Tap into our social care expertise and find out how to commission Bupa care home places.
Dentists
Work in partnership with us, find out how we can help you leave behind admin and concentrate on being a dentist. Learn how you can refer a Bupa insured patient for further treatment.
Facilities
Apply for Bupa recognition and join around 1,200 hospitals and facilities already treating our insured patients. Whether you’re a new provider looking to become recognised for treating Bupa patients or a current provider renewing your Healthcare Services Agreement, you can do it online here.
Billing and payments
We know how important the prompt payment of invoices is to the efficient running of your practice, and we want to support you. There are several easy options to choose from including Bupa’s free e-billing system.Providers Online
Our free, secure website for recognised providers to manage their Finder profile, contact details, billing, and statements.
E-billing
You can now submit your invoices to us simply and securely online.Submit invoice
Health information and our expertise
Find out how you can use our expertise to help your patients, we’ve a wealth of information on topics including healthy living, cancer diagnosis, controlling diabetes, and dementia care.Learn more
Refer a Bupa patient
If your patient has our health insurance or wants to pay for their own private treatment, they may ask you to refer them to us. Find out how.
Finder is our online directory of Bupa recognised consultants, therapists and facilities across the UK.
It allows customers, GPs and the general public to find a Bupa recognised provider and see where and when they practise, and how to reach them.
If you’re Bupa recognised, you already have your own personal Finder profile page. With more than 70,000 visits every week, your profile is a free way to market your practice or facility as most traffic to the site comes from search engines like Google.
Want to chat with us?
Web chat is the instant messaging service we offer through Providers Online. You can chat with us over the internet with no need to download any special software. You can use web chat for any queries you’d normally phone us about, but it’s great for when you’re multitasking or if you’re stuck on a Providers Online task. We’re here to help between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday.
How to get in touch
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Lines are open Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 8am to 1pm.
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