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North East

City of Durham

6th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,630 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

No councillor records have been loaded for City of Durham 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
202/543
health
115/543
income
311/543
housing
387/543
education
353/543
employment
211/543
environment
415/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 202/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment LOW
Rank 211/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
251 employment-focused charities, 1929 employees
health LOW
Rank 115/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
607 health-focused charities, 5288 employees
GP ratio: 1:2630 (above 1:2000 threshold)

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

1359 registered charities

1,359
Charities
£53,850,811
Grants to HQ'd charities
9,173
Employees
47,725
Volunteers
26.3%
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

JOHN EDEN'S ALMSHOUSES (OTHERWISE METHOLD HOUSES)
MARKET LEASE CHARITY
ALLOTMENT FOR QUARRIES
JONATHAN WOOLER FOR WIDOWS
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST

285 staff
THE ANDREW BARTON MEMORIAL PRIZE

218 staff
DAVIES LEGACY

197 staff
CASTLESIDE PLAYGROUP
HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND/DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT CATALYST: ENDOWMENTS FUND (THE BOWES MUSEUM CATALYST ENDOWMENT FUND)

82 staff

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
43
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,630
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 430 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in City of Durham, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 13,000
NHS / Healthcare 5,000
Construction 3,200
Social Care 2,500
Environment / Green 1,635
Transport 1,050

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.