The UK Department of Health is threatening to bring an administrator in to run the South East London NHS trust, which is losing £1 million a week. Will the private sector be involved in its rescue? If so, this could signal a big opportunity. Around 30 other acute and foundation trusts are at financial risk, of which half can't be easily merged with neighbouring public sector organisations. That leaves 15 which could be functionally privatised. So, what will the government do?