ISD Scotland has suggested that, once people from deprived areas get into the system, they are just as likely to access care, so encouraging and supporting people in deprived areas to access care is the key challenge.However, it is also important to remember that we have cut heart attack mortality rates faster in the most deprived areas than we have anywhere else. The latest figures show a 34.1 per cent reduction in mortality among people in the most deprived category, which is double the drop observed in the least deprived category.I take the issue very seriously.