PGL illegally making purchasing their Travel Insurance compulsory

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  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 12,508 Forumite
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    UK Hospitals have the ability to accommodate parents from some distance away.

    If the child can be transferred the NHS will move the child to a local hospital.
  • unforeseen
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    edited 24 June 2018 at 12:17PM
    They only have a limited ability to accommodate parents and not all can do it. My local acute only has accommodation for parents whose child is in SCBU.

    Transfer, because it is non-clinical will be at the back of the queue for transport.
  • [Deleted User]
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    cte1111 wrote: »
    I hope Martin Lewis is able to take this up with them and ensure that they do not continue to mis-sell like this, as they are now know that they are in breach of this law and have acknowledged it by removing it from my booking.
    As already established by the other posters here, no law was broken and it's specialist insurance specifically geared to cover the "adventure" activities. The company have removed it from your booking because you complained and have since (presumably) signed an insurance indemnity.
    Sounds like a goodwill gesture, not any admission of guilt. You've even managed to retain the promotional discount.

    Martin Lewis sold this site some years back, but even prior to that he did not actively read these forums.

    He therefore won't be "taking up" any campaign against PGL on your behalf. Sorry.
  • magyar
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    To those saying "you'd never get insurance out in the UK" - in practice you'd just as logically not get insurance out in loads of places. Even the USA will treat people in an emergency. Insurance covers much more than just the level of treatment the NHS will provide.
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  • EssexExile
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    magyar wrote: »
    To those saying "you'd never get insurance out in the UK" - in practice you'd just as logically not get insurance out in loads of places. Even the USA will treat people in an emergency. Insurance covers much more than just the level of treatment the NHS will provide.
    So we need health insurance all the time then?
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  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    EssexExile wrote: »
    So we need health insurance all the time then?

    It may be useful if you are engaging in activities that could potentially cause life changing damage if something went wrong.

    The long term implications for a broken neck are significant. You may wish to protect your long term future if you do engage in adventurous activities.

    That involves more than just medical care. It may cover potential earnings over a lifetime, specialist care not provided by the NHS, extra medical care and a host of other safeguards.

    To suggest insurance is limited to medical care provided by the NHS is rather short sighted.
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