According to Des Spence in the BMJ, 574 BBC executives receive private health insurance cover as part of their compensation package.
The BBC’s annual report & accounts for 2011/12 states that ‘
Private health insurance continues to be provided to existing executive directors, but it will no longer be offered as a benefit to any future member of the Executive Board.’
Link
BBC: Executive Board remuneration report
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