The ACT Integrity Commissioner ordered an investigation into claims that hospital executives "created a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety" by forcing senior doctors to resign.
A dozen cardiologists, doctors of the heart, resigned from North Canberra Hospital and The Canberra Hospital between 2022 and June 11, 2026, according to Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith.
A spate of resignations and forced leave in July 2025 had left North Canberra Hospital without any permanent cardiologists for a period of time last year.