Discovery Health Medical Scheme · Recovery after hospital

Nurture at Home

A supporting basket of benefits for families whose newborn spent 7+ days in a NICU before discharge.

Clinical entry criteria applyAccess turns on a clinical threshold the scheme sets, assessed on your own case — not on choosing it.

How: Benefit-table: 'Home-based support programme following prolonged NICU admissions' (name mismatch)

“Nurture at Home is subject to the Scheme's clinical entry criteria, treatment guidelines and managed care protocols.”

At a glance

Scheme: Discovery Health Medical Scheme
Benefit area: Recovery after hospital ⚠️ our best match, not the scheme’s own label
Who it is for: Named options — listed below
Limit: basket: pre-discharge overnight stay for a parent, virtual health coaching, virtual + home nurse visit, mental health support, follow-up paediatrician visits · up to 100% of the Discovery Health Rate
Who qualifies: Newborn spent 7+ days in a NICU before discharge (premature birth or medical complications).

“This programme will include a supporting basket of benefits to families whose newborn spent 7 or more days in NICU before discharge”

Which plans carry it

Classic Comprehensive Classic Core Classic Delta Core Classic Delta Saver Classic Priority Classic Saver Classic Smart Classic Smart Comprehensive Classic Smart Saver Coastal Core Coastal Saver Essential Core Essential Delta Core Essential Delta Saver Essential Priority Essential Saver Essential Smart Saver Executive Plan

Named in the scheme’s own documents.

“Available on all Discovery Health Medical Scheme plans except Essential Smart, Essential Dynamic Smart, Active Smart and KeyCare plans.”

Where this comes from

Discovery -product-information-brochure.pdf · brochure_and_plan_schedule. Read from that document on 2026-08-29 for the 2026 plan year.

Every statement on this page is read from a Discovery Health Medical Scheme document and quoted so you can check it. Where a document says nothing, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Check what your own plan leaves you to pay Your plan, your family, your conditions — the shortfall in rands before you choose a gap policy.

Programme rules are set by the scheme and change at renewal. This page renders what Discovery Health Medical Scheme’s own documents say, with the wording quoted so you can check it. Confirm with the scheme before you rely on it.