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)
IAN BLACKFORD has claimed a Scottish independence referendum could take place as early as late 2021 , in a warning to Boris Johnson and the UK Government.
Her story there is frankly not credible : MSP who grilled Nicola Sturgeon at epic eight-hour hearing about forgotten meeting says she should resign and WILL face consequences
First Minister faces Tory calls for a no confidence vote but opposition parties are yet to back it
Yesterday she slammed her predecessor for failing to offer up a single word of regret during his testimony
She also contested his version of events in the run-up to the Scottish Government s botched investigation
She said her recollection of events is different but admitted she wished her memory of it was more vivid
She continued to claim that she first learned of the allegations against Mr Salmond at her home on April 2
CRITICS have ordered Nicola Sturgeon to resign as the SNP led Scottish Government is to cave and release further legal advice over a botched investigation into former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond - with another former Scottish leader branding it a bloody civil war .
That amnesia may be catching, and during her marathon grilling Nicola Sturgeon showed some tell-tale symptoms. For all her relative composure, this wasn t a tour de force, writes GRAHAM GRANT