Runners and spectators could face delays when travelling by train to Newcastle for the Bupa Great North Run.
BBC: Rail maintenance work to affect Great North Run weekend
BUPA's offer is not enough and that it is talking to two other groups of investors who may offer more.
She will then compete in the BUPA Great North Run on 6 October and the Great Ireland Run a week later.
Mo Farah will be among five London 2012 gold medallists to perform the role of starter at the Bupa Great North Run.
Sunderland has previously played host to the Bupa Great Women's Run and the Bupa Great North 10k until it was moved to Gateshead in 2011.
Other private insurers, including Bupa, send patients to the Heart Hospital, which replaced the National Heart Hospital - the scene of the UK's first heart transplant.
BUPA's enthusiasm for this strategy has not lasted long, however.
ECONOMIST: The private sector may not play the government's game
Michalae Thompson, home manager at Bupa's Meadbank Nursing Centre in London, which Mr Timlin visited, said she had been very impressed by the designs, which she feels are much needed.
Dr Peter Mace, assistant medical director of the private health group Bupa, said some of these tests did have a role to play but that explanation of risk was key.
So, working closely with Bupa and the Helen Hamlyn Centre, Mr Timlin visited numerous care homes, spending time with staff and residents to see how he could improve their eating experiences.
Gebremariam was second in the 2004 World Cross Country Championships behind Bekele, while Berhanu ran the fastest half marathon ever on British soil to win last September's BUPA Great North Run.
To attract overseas patients, Fortis has signed deals with foreign insurers like Aetna, Cigna, HTH Worldwide, the U.K.'s Bupa and Belgium's Vanbreda, though so far they're only covering students, expatriates and tourists.
BUPA's re-rethink seems to make strategic sense.
ECONOMIST: The private sector may not play the government's game
BUPA's other businesses did much better.
ECONOMIST: The private sector may not play the government's game
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