Neil Gray faces ‘significant fall in hospital productivity’ in new role as health secretary – Holyrood Magazine

Watchdogs warn of ‘gap in political leadership’ in flagship economic strategy – STV News

NHS Lothian: concerns of longer waiting times and reduced staff over £133m budget gap – Edinburgh Evening News

Over 9,000 Inverclyde residents are on NHS waiting lists – Greenock Telegraph

Information commissioner to probe Scottish Government use of WhatsApp – STV News

Number of Scottish patients waiting more than four hours in A&E reaches record high – Aberdeen Live

The House of Sturgeon has turned into a mound of dust – Daily Record

Heat pumps needed at ‘much faster rate’ – watchdog – BBC News

Sturgeon: ‘I wanted to be best first minister but others will judge’ – Glasgow Times