The number of people taking a bowel cancer screening test in Ayrshire’s most deprived areas is way down compared to those in the more affluent areas of the region.
Statistics published by Public Health Scotland show that in Ayrshire and Arran, only 55.6 per cent of people in Ayrshire’s more deprived areas have taken a test.
That’s way down on the number of those in Ayrshire’s least deprived areas who’ve undergone a test — 74.6 per cent.
