Scotland's national clinical director did not retain any informal, one-to-one messages relating to management of the pandemic but denies deleting WhatsApps daily in a "pre-bed ritual", an inquiry has heard.Professor Jason Leitch told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he deleted WhatsApp messages in line with the Scottish Government's policy on the use and retention of informal messaging.He also told the inquiry that the idea that deleting WhatsApp messages was a "pre-bed ritual" was a "flippant exagg

Scotland's national clinical director did not retain any informal, one-to-one messages relating to management of the pandemic but denies deleting WhatsApps daily in a "pre-bed ritual", an inquiry has heard.Professor Jason Leitch told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he deleted WhatsApp messages in line with the Scottish Government's policy on the use and retention of informal messaging.He also told the inquiry that the idea that deleting WhatsApp messages was a "pre-bed ritual" was a "flippant exaggeration" and that he did not do so every day.He is questioned by Jamie Dawson KC, lead counsel to the current module of the inquiry,