Ms Sturgeon is joined by cabinet members and medical experts around three to four days a week.
However, the First Minister used the majority of a recent briefing to criticise her predecessor Alex Salmond, claiming he was peddling conspiracy theories.
The row surrounds whether Ms Sturgeon breached the Scottish Government ministerial code and lied to parliament over meetings between the pair in 2018 regarding unproven harassment claims made against the former First Minister.
Ms Sturgeon denied the allegations put forward by the former SNP leader.
244 complaints were made against comments Ms Sturgeon made about Mr Salmond (Image: Getty)
The Scottish Conservative leader has called for Nicola Sturgeon to step down from the briefings (Image: Getty)
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Aaron Keenan (inset) lost his life after laying down next to rail tracks JUST 2.5 miles of fencing along rail lines was renewed in the past four years between Anniesland and Helensburgh, it can be revealed. There are more than 26 miles of track across the network west of Glasgow but just a fraction has had improvements. Renewed calls for more safety measures have been made in light of details obtained under Freedom of Information (FOI) to Network Rail. The death on the line near Kilpatrick station of 19-year-old Aaron Keenan, from Clydebank, prompted pleas from his devastated family for the public to stay away from the tracks - but for agencies to cut off access.
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