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South East

Dover and Deal

4th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,639 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
167/543
health
209/543
income
192/543
housing
103/543
Bottom 20%
education
113/543
employment
150/543
environment
386/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 167/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
housing MODERATE
Rank 103/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
218 housing-focused charities, 4026 employees
income LOW
Rank 192/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
664 income-focused charities, 4025 employees
employment LOW
Rank 150/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
489 employment-focused charities, 1821 employees
health LOW
Rank 209/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
1463 health-focused charities, 10392 employees
GP ratio: 1:2639 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 113/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
2214 education-focused charities, 17532 employees

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

4605 registered charities

4,605
Charities
£39,947,144
Grants to HQ'd charities
25,602
Employees
112,511
Volunteers
14.5%
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

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

11
GP practices
39
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,639
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 439 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Dover and Deal, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 3,775
Social Care 3,250
Education 3,000
Construction 1,550
NHS / Healthcare 1,500
Environment / Green 180

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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