what advice would you give RMT unioin

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I have first hand knowledge of private patients being treated in NHS hospitals and it has been happening for years.
When I received my prostate operation at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley in January 2019 as an NHS patient my surgeon (who was also my consultant) and my anesthetist were both based at Ross Hall Private Hospital and they also carried out NHS work.
For many years Fernbrae Private Hospital sent their patients to Ninewells Hospital and DRI before that for operations.
Footballers used to be sent to Fernbrae for cartilage operations so they could be treated promptly at DRI and Ninewells instead of joining the NHS queue for their operation.

I had surgery at Fernbrae, they had their own theatres there and I know of several people sent there by the NHS at Ninewells for surgery; my follow up appointments and physio were also there. Many surgeons work part NHS and part private, they've studied for decades to qualify and they work very hard to keep up to date with advances in their fields, why shouldn't they maximise their earning potential? As an old Tory surely you understand that?

I have personally never known of anyone being sent to an NHS hospital by a private hospital. However, if such were to happen then the NHS trust involved would be paid for the use of the facility, and of course the management and staff, by the private hospital and the theatre capacity would likely have been made available for that purpose by the trust. Presumably the capacity will have been otherwise unutilised so surely it would benefit the trust to sell it? Makes perfect sense to sell spare capacity doesn't it?

Quick edit - I also had occasion to attend Albyn hospital immediately after lockdown. I couldn't go during lockdown because it had been taken over by the NHS. The surgeon I spoke to was raging about it because he basically did nothing during lockdown as the millions of major cases didn't materialise. But it shows that the private hospitals and NHS hospitals will co-operate to provide good clinical services.