Table 1: Number of NHS Delayed Discharges1 by NHS board; October 2003 to October 2012 Oct 20032 Oct 2004 Oct 2005 Oct 2006 Oct 2007 Oct 2008 Oct 2009 Oct 2010 Oct 2011 Oct 20123 Scotland 2170 1798 1576 1327 1008 678 662 776 675 777 Ayrshire & Arran 174 135 153 132 75 54 48 47 55 33 Borders 61 40 37 15 13 10 26 52 9 9 Fife 123 133 91 93 146 73 72 103 56 69 Lanarkshire 133 107 98 74 84 43 59 54 75 100 Grampian 254 255 211 156 116 52 30 37 32 90 Orkney 2 2 9 4 2 3 Lothian 410 395 257 255 146 118 75 77 90 107 Tayside 170 114 113 133 125 81 40 57 59 68 Forth Valley 126 106 116 82 33 39 34 48 36 50 Western Isles 8 21 21 6 9 2 1 7 3 Dumfries & Galloway 8 14 15 8 7 5 4 11 7 6 Shetland 5 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 Old configuration NHS Boards4 Argyll & Clyde 281 184 141 184 x x x x x x Greater Glasgow 341 221 224 160 x x x x x x Highland 74 69 89 23 x x x x x x Reconfigured NHS Boards4 Greater Glasgow & Clyde x x x x 198 162 210 233 218 199 Highland (reconfigured) x x x x 52 37 60 47 36 42 Table 2: Number of NHS Delayed Discharges1 over the standard maximum delay of six weeks by NHS board; October 2003 to October 2012 Oct 20032 Oct 2004 Oct 2005 Oct 2006 Oct 2007 Oct 2008 Oct 2009 Oct 2010 Oct 2011 Oct 2012 Scotland 1327 1018 875 679 425 91 94 128 69 95 Ayrshire & Arran 131 87 109 78 40 12 1 2 0 Borders 33 24 28 9 5 4 1 14 0 Fife 88 82 63 37 87 26 8 5 Lanarkshire 68 44 36 34 29 8 1 4 15 Grampian 132 147 128 88 48 3 2 2 4 Orkney 2 1 5 4 Lothian 257 195 96 119 55 27 12 9 17 21 Tayside 99 51 49 61 49 8 2 1 5 3 Forth Valley 90 72 69 53 15 9 1 9 4 27 Western Isles 6 17 17 4 5 1 2 0 Dumfries & Galloway 1 3 3 3 1 4 4 1 3 Shetland 3 2 1 2 1 Old configuration NHS Boards3 Argyll & Clyde 204 137 90 113 x x x x x x Greater Glasgow 165 102 122 63 x x x x x x Highland 48 54 59 13 x x x x x x Reconfigured NHS Boards3 Greater Glasgow & Clyde x x x x 76 21 44 43 22 5 Highland (reconfigured) x x x x 13 6 22 16 4 11 Source: ISD Scotland Delayed Discharge Census 1.