Smith SG, et al. – Whether or not a supplementary leaflet providing the ‘gist’ of guaiac–based Faecal Occult Blood test (gFOBt) screening for colorectal cancer could reduce the socioeconomic status (SES) gradient in uptake in the English NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP), was examined in this study. In addition to the standard information booklet, providing supplementary simplified information did not reduce the SES gradient in uptake in the NHS BCSP.