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South East

Folkestone and Hythe

3rd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
33
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,721 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
185/543
health
160/543
income
167/543
housing
210/543
education
117/543
employment
122/543
environment
339/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 185/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 167/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
666 income-focused charities, 4124 employees
employment LOW
Rank 122/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
490 employment-focused charities, 1920 employees
health LOW
Rank 160/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
1467 health-focused charities, 10491 employees
GP ratio: 1:2721 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 117/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
2214 education-focused charities, 17651 employees
housing LOW
Rank 210/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
219 housing-focused charities, 4026 employees

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

4607 registered charities

4,607
Charities
£39,847,144
Grants to HQ'd charities
25,721
Employees
113,076
Volunteers
14.3%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
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
34
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,721
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 521 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Folkestone and Hythe, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 2,500
Social Care 2,500
Construction 1,600
Transport 1,350
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Environment / Green 350

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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