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South East

Chatham and Aylesford

5th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,983 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)

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Your councillors

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
121/543
health
247/543
income
237/543
housing
123/543
education
196/543
employment
234/543
environment
469/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 121/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 237/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
703 income-focused charities, 4118 employees
employment LOW
Rank 234/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
505 employment-focused charities, 1932 employees
health LOW
Rank 247/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
1535 health-focused charities, 11144 employees
GP ratio: 1:2983 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 196/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
2319 education-focused charities, 18194 employees
housing LOW
Rank 123/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
227 housing-focused charities, 4479 employees

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

4841 registered charities

4,841
Charities
£41,575,333
Grants to HQ'd charities
27,091
Employees
118,764
Volunteers
14.9%
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

MARY MASTERS
ELIZABETH ANN FORREST
UNKNOWN DONOR
GEORGE SMEED FOR COAL AND BREAD
THOMAS STANLEY
BETENSONS ALMSHOUSES MAINTENANCE FUND
SARA GODFREY
THE SHORNE CHARITY OF SIR THOMAS SMYTHE FOR THE POOR
FORDWICH TOWN TRUST
SIDNEY AND LILIAN HOWLAND TRUST (C.H.) N0 2 ACCOUNT

GP and primary care

12
GP practices
48
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,983
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 783 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Chatham and Aylesford, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 3,200
Education 3,000
Construction 2,750
Social Care 1,600
Environment / Green 1,115
NHS / Healthcare 1,000

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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