THE PSA blood testing event for early detection of prostate cancer is on Saturday, November 14, in Asda Winsford, from 10am to 1pm.

There is no need to book – just come along and get tested if you are 40 or over. It only takes a couple of minutes, in which our experienced phlebotomists take a small sample of blood from your arm.

The results are sent in seven days.

We only ask you to make a donation of just £10 to help with our costs.

Here in the UK, only eight per cent of eligible men are tested for prostate cancer compared to 60 per cent in Europe.

The UK figures are staggering. More than one man dies every hour every day. Over 40,000 men are diagnosed and some 11,000 die every year, of which 80 per cent diagnosed show no symptoms and 28 per cent of men seen for the first time by an oncologist are unable to be treated due to the cancer being too far advanced.

Ignorance may be bliss, but don’t die of it. Come along and get tested and help ‘save-a-dad’.

Gary Steele MBE Leighton Hospital PCSG