The information requested is shown in the following tables 1 and 2:Table 1NHS – Patients Ready for Discharge – Numbers by Local Authority Area1; as at April 2004 Local Authority Total2 Number of Patients Outwith the Six Week Discharge Planning Period3 Scotland 1,785 1,036 Argyll and Bute 48 34 West Dunbartonshire 45 29 Inverclyde 71 47 Renfrewshire 62 51 Scottish Borders 38 30 East Ayrshire 51 35 North Ayrshire 42 25 South Ayrshire 50 21 Dumfries and Galloway 8 3 Fife 122 70 Clackmannanshire 4 - Falkirk 77 59 Stirling 16 13 Aberdeen City 127 70 Aberdeenshire 64 26...