Investment: £10k-£20k
Franchise Focus Path to success
You can utilise your transferable skills in a growing sector with the Healthcare Practice
INVESTMENT LEVEL: £11,700
About the Healthcare Practice The Healthcare Practice has a team of healthcare partners (franchisees) who work across the UK as consultants in healthcare solutions, selling, promoting and advising on Western Provident Association (WPA) healthcare products. This provides customers with a face within the local community and endorses WPA’s commitment to treating customers fairly. WPA is a specialist health insurer with a heritage of over 115 years. As a not- for-profi t insurer, it chooses to commit its interests to improving customer experiences and ensuring that individuals and companies get the right product for their needs. Healthcare partners not only sell and
promote WPA’s health insurance products but they also actively maintain customer relationships and satisfaction with regular contact. WPA off ers a choice of health insurance products to suit a variety of needs. This includes full private medical insurance plans and cash plans both for companies and individuals. The healthcare partner team use their expertise to manage their customer portfolio while growing an ethical and successful business.
“Simon was able to take his skills and use these to change his work-life balance”
Why a health insurance franchise? WPA is one of the UK’s most respected health insurers, off ering excellent value and quality customer service. More people are becoming aware of the importance of private medical insurance due to the increasing demand on the NHS. With concerns about waiting times for treatment, access to specialists and fi nancial defi cits of primary care trusts, growing pressure placed upon the NHS suggests that the coming years may be the most challenging yet.
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Each year, 300,000 people leave work due to illness and injury; health and wellbeing, therefore, has become an important part of company healthcare and sickness absence strategies. A strong benefi t package not only helps employers make sure they get the pick of employees at recruitment but can also help retain them.
Who becomes a partner? Healthcare partners come from various backgrounds and diff erent walks of life. However, they all have business acumen and are driven to succeed. Simon Marks, healthcare partner in
Northern Ireland, previously worked for HSBC for 27 years, starting as a trainee and fi nishing as a commercial manager. He joined the Healthcare Practice in 2012 and has built a successful franchise business. Simon says: “The main benefi t in running my franchise is that I am able to manage my own time and operate my business largely on my own terms. I also have the knowledge that the franchise model with the Healthcare Practice is a proven model, with a high level of support from head offi ce when required.”
Simon was able to take his skills that he
had learned from a corporate environment and use these to change his work-life balance. “Without being aware of it, HSBC had provided a very strong foundation in all aspects of being professional in business. I had a strong foundation in sales from generating sales enquiries, identifying routes to market, and managing the sales process. I had also gained experience of managing customers through good and diffi cult times.” The Healthcare Practice off ers unrivalled training and support to new and existing franchisees. Simon liked the hands- on approach that WPA off ered, with regular meetings and a strong support structure. Being a healthcare partner off ers franchisees the chance to work from home and be in charge of their own schedules. For those with the passion and determination to run their own business, taking on a Healthcare Practice franchise makes perfect sense.
Healthcare Practice Health insurance
www.healthcarepractice.co.uk healthcarepractice@hcp-plc.org.uk 01823 625 120
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