Yeah, usually allows you to jump the queue for ops and to get a private room. Access specialists you may not have got referred to by NHS. See [1] for full list.

For example a friend of mine had a gallbladder removed on private last month but would have had to wait till middle of next year in NHS.

Not usually that bad, but covid means a lot of NHS hospitals are having to push back non-essential surgery.

[1] https://uk.virginmoney.com/virgin/living/article/is-private-...