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East Midlands

Boston and Skegness

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
47
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,912 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)
Education deprivation: bottom 2.9%. Number of education-focused charities: 1065.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
303/543
health
135/543
income
115/543
housing
51/543
Bottom 10%
education
19/543
Bottom 10%
employment
84/543
Bottom 20%
environment
153/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

education HIGH
Rank 19/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1065 education-focused charities, 5447 employees
housing HIGH
Rank 51/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
125 housing-focused charities, 1789 employees
employment MODERATE
Rank 84/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
264 employment-focused charities, 1760 employees
income LOW
Rank 115/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
380 income-focused charities, 1701 employees
health LOW
Rank 135/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
858 health-focused charities, 5008 employees
GP ratio: 1:2912 (above 1:2000 threshold)
environment LOW
Rank 153/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
588 environment-focused charities, 1806 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

2418 registered charities

2,418
Charities
£13,221,247
Grants to HQ'd charities
7,895
Employees
46,738
Volunteers
21.6%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

LINCOLN FREEMENS CHARITY (1915) FUND
THOMAS KETTLEBOROUGH
IDA BOWEN BEQUEST
LAND NEAR ROMAN BANK (ALGARKIRK SHARE)
JOHNSON CENTENARY TRUST
SIR RICHARD CUST
POOR'S MONEY
SALT MARSH ALLOTMENT
MARY ANN ANDERSON HILL
THE BISHOP'S ALMSHOUSES ENDOWMENT FUND

GP and primary care

11
GP practices
46
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,912
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). This constituency is 712 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Boston and Skegness, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 6,000
Education 3,000
Transport 2,375
Construction 2,000
Social Care 1,950
Environment / Green 325

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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