Fedhealth Medical Scheme · Advanced illness and palliative care

ALIGND Palliative Care Programme

Specialised palliative care for serious cancer (and on myFED other serious illness e.g. major organ failure); expert team; symptom/stress relief + emotional/social/spiritual support; end-of-life care for higher-need members; no extra cost if clinical criteria met.

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

How: Meet clinical criteria; referral to Alignd

“Contact Fedhealth directly to refer you to Alignd at 0860 002 153.”

At a glance

Scheme: Fedhealth Medical Scheme
Benefit area: Advanced illness and palliative care
Who it is for: Named options — listed below
Limit: At no extra cost; includes end-of-life care for intensive needs · per member · ongoing
Who qualifies: Serious cancer (myFED: other serious illness) meeting clinical criteria.
Where you may go: Alignd — referrals@alignd.co.za, 0860 100 572

“For members with more intensive care needs, the programme also covers end-of-life care.”

Which plans carry it

sureFED Essential sureFED Plus

Named in the scheme’s own documents.

“This programme offers specialised, palliative care for members with serious cancer. ... Members who meet the clinical criteria for enrolment will immediately have access to the programme, at no extra cost.”

Where this comes from

Fedhealth-myFED-Individual-Option-Brochure-2026.pdf, p.Alignd Serious Illness Benefit item 15 · benefit_guide/brochure. Read from that document on 2026-08-16 for the 2026 plan year.

Every statement on this page is read from a Fedhealth 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 Fedhealth Medical Scheme’s own documents say, with the wording quoted so you can check it. Confirm with the scheme before you rely on it.