Number of NHSScotland hospital stays where a fracture diagnosis and an operation which may be related to the fracture are recorded1,2, by NHS board of treatment and month of discharge: NHS Board of Treatment Month of Discharge July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 Ayrshire and Arran 161 137 115 122 122 184 Borders 36 29 31 33 17 33 Dumfries and Galloway 66 50 54 55 44 59 Fife 108 110 104 100 89 121 Forth Valley 98 87 95 80 73 77 Grampian 190 187 209 164 172 211 Greater Glasgow and Clyde 479 484 425 487 402 532 Highland 116 119 94 74 79 108 Lanarkshire 193 182 155 156 149 212 Lothian 361 290 301 263 279 339 Orkney 7 5 12 9 3 7 Shetland 5 8 7 9 7 13 Tayside 190 164 177 135 145 201 Western Isles 10 11 6 8 8 9 Scotland 2,020 1,863 1,785 1,695 1,589 2,106 NHS Board of Treatment Month of Discharge January 2009 February 2009 March...