WORCESTER-based health care provider Orchard Healthcare has been recognised by Martin Lewis’ popular Money Saving Expert website for offering ‘best value’ for cash plans.

Orchard Healthcare, formally known as Worcester Hospital Contributors Association (WHCA), has been nearly 100 years in existence.

It was originally formed in 1921 to provide funds to run hospitals in the Worcestershire area and continues to run as an affordable alternative to private medical insurance, serving employees from many well known local companies.

Orchard Healthcare’s green level of membership has been selected as the website's top cheapest policy. It looks after health and wellbeing enabling people to claim back on the cost of everyday health care such as dental treatment, eye tests, glasses, physiotherapy and specialist consultations to help speed up diagnosis.

Louise Hardiman, general manager of Orchard Healthcare said: "At Orchard Healthcare we work hard to ensure our health cash plan policies offer excellent value for money, being recognised by MoneySavingExpert.com as their best buy shows how competitively priced our plans are. The accolade has resulted in many new membership enquiries already."