Skip to main content
Stories Constituencies Map About YouTube Substack Bluesky Twitter/X Podcast RSS
South West

Bournemouth West

5th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
24
Blocked

What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,346 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)

No story has been told here yet

But here is what the data shows — and Bournemouth West could be next.

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Bournemouth West yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
169/543
health
219/543
income
233/543
housing
308/543
education
255/543
employment
256/543
environment
244/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 169/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 233/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
113 income-focused charities, 948 employees
employment LOW
Rank 256/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
62 employment-focused charities, 426 employees
health LOW
Rank 219/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
230 health-focused charities, 4927 employees
GP ratio: 1:2346 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 255/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
276 education-focused charities, 2354 employees
environment LOW
Rank 244/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
139 environment-focused charities, 1892 employees

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

612 registered charities

612
Charities
£6,940,765
Grants to HQ'd charities
6,451
Employees
16,753
Volunteers
19.5%
Govt funded
LOW
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

CANFORD SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP, BURSARY AND PRIZE FUND

488 staff
ST SCHOLASTICA'S TRUST

128 staff
GEMINI BATON TWIRLING TEAM
YOUNG MENS'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION WINTON BRANCH

176 staff
THE DORSET CARERS HUB
STROUDEN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
THE WESTBOURNE CHARITABLE TRUST
21ST BOURNEMOUTH SCOUT GROUP
DORSET TENNIS AND PADEL
MEREDITH'S MISSION

GP and primary care

7
GP practices
46
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,346
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 146 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Bournemouth West, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 6,000
Social Care 4,000
NHS / Healthcare 2,500
Construction 2,075
Transport 1,175
Environment / Green 85

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

All data on this page is drawn from official public sources. Blocked Britain has no political affiliation. It is funded by no organisation.