Parental hospital stay
Please check your specific membership plan to make sure that this benefit is included in your level of cover.
We will pay benefit at the appropriate nightly rate for one parent to stay overnight with a registered child who has been admitted for inpatient treatment in a recognised hospital or hospice.
You must fill in your claim form yourself. The hospital must then check it and stamp it with its official stamp.
What is covered
• Any period of overnight stay in a hospice, an NHS hospital, a private hospital or a registered treatment centre, from one to 25 nights, where one parent stays with their registered child and is entitled to hospital benefits
• A parent who stays with their registered child
• An adoptive parent staying with their registered child
• Fees for filling in claim forms or certificates, as long as you provide an official hospital receipt with your claim
What is not covered
• Attending accident and emergency
• Clinics, medical centres or nursing homes
• More than one parent staying with their child
• All maternity-related admissions
• Outpatient treatment
• Permanent stays in hospital
• Pre-existing conditions
See the ‘General exclusions’ section.
