Editing Shona Robison (section)

==Cabinet Secretary for Health (2014–2018)==
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[[File:Shona Robison speaks at QBR visit to Canadian Parliament (14070892691).jpg|thumb|right|Robison speaking at the [[Parliament of Canada]], 2014]]
On 21 November 2014, Robison was appointed by Sturgeon as [[Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport]], in [[First Sturgeon government|Sturgeon's first government]]. Following the 2016 election, she was reappointed into Sturgeon's cabinet as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport.<ref name="BBC 18May2016">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36323276 | title=Scottish cabinet reshuffle: John Swinney becomes education secretary | work=BBC News | date=18 May 2016 | access-date=21 March 2017 | archive-date=18 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818120524/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36323276 | url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2018, during an appearance at Holyrood's Health and Sport Committee, she was warned by Labour MSP [[Neil Findlay]] of a "drugs disaster".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15816408.health-secretary-shona-robison-warned-drugs-disaster-labour-msp/|title=Health Secretary Shona Robison warned of 'drugs disaster' by Labour MSP|website=HeraldScotland|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503093604/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15816408.health-secretary-shona-robison-warned-drugs-disaster-labour-msp/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Scotland went on to record the highest number of drug deaths per head in the European Union, at a rate nearly three times higher than the UK average.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.scot/news/1-187-drug-deaths-in-2018-up-27-percent-in-a-year/|title=1,187 drug-deaths in 2018: up 27% in a year - gov.scot|website=www.gov.scot|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503141631/https://www.gov.scot/news/1-187-drug-deaths-in-2018-up-27-percent-in-a-year/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 June 2018, she announced her intention to resign from Cabinet. Shortly after a cabinet reshuffle was made by Sturgeon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44612923 |title=Shona Robison quits as Nicola Sturgeon reshuffles cabinet |work=BBC News |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=11 November 2018 |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118012838/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44612923 |url-status=live }}</ref> BBC political correspondent [[Glenn Campbell (broadcaster)|Glenn Campbell]] wrote after the reshuffle: "The most widely anticipated departure was t/hat of health secretary, Shona Robison. She's been under considerable pressure over NHS performance. She stood down on the day the Scottish government confirmed its worst cancer waiting times for six years."<ref name="auto"/>