Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has appointed Dr Colin Currie as a special adviser.
Dr Currie, a consultant at Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh, who works in orthopaedic rehabilitation, is a long-term Labour adviser and friend of chancellor Gordon Brown.
A spokesperson said: 'He will be providing assistance with speeches and additional support on policy where necessary.
'He has not been brought in as a spinner - he will not talk directly to the media - but as a political appointment.'
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