It also has a presence across Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, including joint ventures in Saudi Arabia and India.

Bupa also runs aged care facilities in four countries; the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and New Zealand, which make up 8% of its revenue.

[5] Malta was the site of Bupa's first overseas business in 1971[6] and it started insurance operations in Hong Kong in 1976.

[7] In 1982, Bupa International was launched to provide worldwide medical cover to people working outside their home country.

This has expanded to become a combined health insurance, hospital, clinic, dental and aged care business operating under the Sanitas brand.

[12][13] In the 2000s, Bupa entered the Australian health insurance market, opened hospitals in Spain and expanded its network of clinics and care homes in the UK.

[14] Bupa's rationale was that the scale of both its UK hospitals and insurance businesses meant that they were becoming increasingly constrained by being part of the same group.

[24] In February 2015, Bupa acquired a controlling share in Chilean private healthcare network Cruz Blanca.

[31][32] In the UK, in 2016, Bupa sold its home healthcare medication delivery division to Celesio AG.

Bupa Acıbadem Sigorta[43] is Turkey's second largest health insurer with both corporate and individual customers.

[52]  It has set up teams of paramedics, doctors and medical equipment to solve the problems of the refugees and their families, as well as providing employment for Ukrainian medial staff in its facilities.

[56][57][58] Bupa's global operations across its group are structured across three divisions ("Market Units") together with a number of other business and partnerships.

Bupa supports a number of grant-giving foundations in different countries which work on health and social issues.

A Healthy Communities Fund was established, with a special emphasis on mental health and wellbeing in schools.

These include Beyond Words for World Mental Health Day supported by Cheltenham Festivals, Mind, National Literacy Trust.

[72] Bupa has been criticised by some judges, coroners and regulators regarding failures to meet regulatory standards in some of its residential care homes.