A HEALTH worker has been arrested after confidential health files were dumped in a lay-by.
The records, which contain details of mental patients cared for by Gateshead Health Trust, were found at Cramlington, Northumberland.
A 42-year-old employee of the trust, suspended by his bosses, has been arrested and questioned by police.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "We can confirm a 42-year-old man who works for Gateshead Health was interviewed by officers on police bail. No charges have yet been brought."
The trust has launched its own investigation
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