Nicola Sturgeon a matsayin Mataimakin Minista na farko

Nicola Sturgeon ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar ministan farko na Scotland a karkashin Ministan farko Alex Salmond daga 2007 har sai da ta gaji Salmond a 2014. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta rike mukamin. Sturgeon, tare da aiki a matsayin mataimakin minista na farko, ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakataren Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Lafiya daga 2007 zuwa 2012 da kuma Sakataren Majalisar don Infrastructure, Capital Investment da Cities daga 2012 zuwa 2014.

## Shiga cikin gwamnati
A cikin Zaben majalisar dokokin Scotland na 2007, Sturgeon ya kayar da Gordon Jackson QC tare da sauyawa 4.7% zuwa SNP a cikin mazabar Glasgow Govan .  Wannan ya kasance daya daga cikin sauye-sauye da yawa zuwa SNP, yayin da jam'iyyar ta fito a matsayin babbar jam'iyya, kujerar daya fiye da jam'iyya mai mulki ta Scottish Labour Party. Kodayake an amince da SNP a matsayin masu cin nasara a zaben, ta kasa samun rinjaye kuma Labour ba ta son ba da damar SNP ta shiga gwamnati. Sturgeon ya jagoranci tattaunawar sulhu tsakanin 'yan jam'iyyar Scottish Liberal Democrats da Scottish Greens, amma waɗannan tattaunawar sun kasa cimma yarjejeniya, tare da Lib Dems da suka koma baya kuma Greens a maimakon haka suna tallafawa yarjejeniyar 'dogaro da wadata'. Daga ƙarshe, Salmond ya kafa Gwamnatin 'yan tsiraru kuma an nada shi Ministan farko na Scotland. Ya nada Sturgeon a matsayin Mataimakin Minista na farko kuma ya ba ta mukamin Sakataren Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Lafiya.

Sturgeon ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakataren Lafiya a Salmond na farko, kuma na shekara guda, a cikin majalisar ministocinsa na biyu. Shona Robison, Ministan Lafiya da Wasanni, da Alex Neil, Ministan Gidaje da Al'ummomi sun goyi bayan ta a matsayinta na Sakatariyar Lafiya. Ta ƙaddamar da shirin ta ga gwamnati, Better Health, Better Care: Action Plan, wanda ya daidaita sabon hangen nesa ga NHS Scotland. Ta sauya shawarar rufe rukunin wadanda suka mutu a Asibitin Jami'ar Ayr da Asibitin Jami'ar Monklands .  Sturgeon ya kula da kawar da cajin magani A Scotland, alkawarin zabe da SNP ta yi da farko ga marasa lafiya da ke fama da cutar kansa.  

### Manufofin kiwon lafiya
Sturgeon ya kuma tsara tabbacin jira na makonni 18 ga marasa lafiya bayan sun ga GP din su kuma sun yi alkawarin kawar da jerin jira da aka jinkirta ko "ɓoye". Ta ba da umarnin sake dubawa game da batun ƙaya na cajin ajiye motoci na asibiti - har zuwa £ 7 a wasu yankuna - kuma, bayan shekaru na kamfen a cikin adawa, ta sami kanta a cikin matsayi don sanar da bincike game da kamuwa da cututtukan NHS tare da Hepatitis C da HIV daga samfuran jini masu lalata.

### Cutar swine flu ta 2009
A matsayinta na Sakataren Lafiya, Sturgeon ta zama sananniya a duniya saboda yadda take kula da annobar mura ta 2009. 

A ranar 26 ga Afrilu 2009, Gwamnatin Scotland ta sanar da cewa an kwantar da mutane biyu, wadanda suka dawo daga Mexico, a Asibitin Monklands a Airdrie bayan sun fuskanci "alamu masu kama da mura". Sturgeon ya bayyana cewa "babu wata barazana ga lafiyar jama'a a Scotland", amma ya kara da cewa, "ana sa ido kan wadanda suka kasance tare da mutanen biyu a matsayin ƙarin kariya. "  Kashegari, ta tabbatar da cewa waɗannan lokuta ne na Kwayar cutar swine influenza A (H1N1) .  Hukumomi a duka Scotland da Ingila sun bayyana cewa babu wani shiri na gano 'yan uwan Jirgin sama wadanda wataƙila sun yi tafiya tare da ma'auratan, tunda hukumomi ba su rarraba su a matsayin "masu hulɗa na kusa".

A ranar 11 ga Yuni, Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) ta ayyana kwayar cutar mura a matsayin annobar.[1] Sturgeon ya gaya wa majalisar dokokin Scotland cewa hana kwayar cutar ta gaza kuma Gwamnatin Scotland tana daukar matakai don rage yaduwar kwayar cutar. "Mun ga karuwar saurin adadin wadanda aka tabbatar a Scotland a cikin kwanaki 10 da suka gabata, "ta gaya wa majalisar. "Dangane da wannan gogewa, Tsaron Lafiya na Scotland ya bayyana ra'ayin cewa ci gaba da yaduwar al'umma yana faruwa. " Kwanaki hudu bayan haka, wata mace ta Scotland, tare da yanayin kiwon lafiya, ta mutu a Paisley" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley">Asibitin Royal Alexandra a Paisley. [2][3][4] Wannan ya nuna mutuwar farko a Scotland da Turai.[5]

### Ƙananan farashi
Don magance mummunan dangantakar Scotland da jaraba, Sturgeon ya zartar da doka don kara farashin barasa a kowane raka'a don taimakawa rage tallace-tallace, musamman, ga waɗanda suka sha. A watan Yunin 2012, an zartar da Dokar Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 bayan samun goyon baya daga Liberal Democrats, Conservatives da Greens. Kungiyar kwadago ta ki tallafawa lissafin yayin da suka yi iƙirarin cewa ya kasa magance riba daga masu sayar da barasa.

## Dubi kuma

* Firayim Minista na Alex Salmond
* Firayim Minista na Nicola Sturgeon

## Manazarta