WPA is extending mental health cover on its retail health insurance plans.
Cover for hospital and outpatient treatment has been added to the existing health and wellbeing helplines and structured counselling sessions available on its plans.
Outpatient benefit includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR).
An optional upgrade providing access to 20 structured counselling sessions has also been added, where existing conditions are covered and a GP referral is not required.
Rod Bramston, executive director of insurance at WPA, said: “Our support package will be of great benefit to our customers and their families as we recognise the importance of timely access to mental health support.
“The additional benefits complement the WPA health and wellbeing hub on our website which includes a library of useful articles and videos that are available to customers and the broader population.”
“A new addition to our health and wellbeing hub is a collaboration with Somerset County Cricket Club. There are insightful short videos of players sharing personal perspectives that highlight how we are all susceptible to pressure, their coping strategies and the power of talking,” Bramston added.
