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Health worker sacked over 'serious breach' of patients' privacy as ACT government investigates data misuse

An investigation into the misuse of 13 mental-health patients' records is underway. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)

The ACT government has sacked one employee and stood down two others as it investigates what it says is a "serious" and "deliberate" misuse of patient data.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) revealed this week that staff had sent the clinical records of 13 mental-health patients to an "industrial partner", which the government has refused to name.

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