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North West

Chorley

8th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,384 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)

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Chorley 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
284/543
health
167/543
income
438/543
housing
431/543
education
455/543
employment
296/543
environment
321/543

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

Identified resource gaps

health LOW
Rank 167/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
1143 health-focused charities, 9744 employees
GP ratio: 1:2384 (above 1:2000 threshold)

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

3182 registered charities

3,182
Charities
£200,412,668
Grants to HQ'd charities
17,024
Employees
80,954
Volunteers
22.7%
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

CAMPBELL CHARITY
RESIDENCE FOR MINISTER AND OTHER PURPOSES IN CONNEXION WITH THE ANSDELL UNITARIAN CHAPEL
GEORGE HAWORTH
MANCKNOLLS WALTON COTTAGE HOMES
THE JAMES CROSS FUND
ELLEN BOULTON
ROBERT RIGBYE
HUMPHREY BOOTH THE ELDER

8 staff
ELIZA JANE DIXON BEQUEST
FUND KNOWN AS DUGDALE'S CHARITY

GP and primary care

14
GP practices
49
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,384
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 184 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Chorley, by sector

Sector Employees
Social Care 3,750
NHS / Healthcare 3,500
Education 3,000
Construction 2,600
Transport 975
Environment / Green 100

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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