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East Midlands

Melton and Syston

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

1 GP for every 2,578 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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But here is what the data shows — and Melton and Syston could be next.

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Melton and Syston 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
359/543
health
388/543
income
376/543
housing
334/543
education
322/543
employment
372/543
environment
351/543

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

2198 registered charities

2,198
Charities
£16,127,268
Grants to HQ'd charities
8,287
Employees
62,383
Volunteers
16.4%
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

HENRY JACKSON
GEORGE POCHIER OTHERWISE POCHIN
HOLLED SMITH AND OTHERS
THOMAS HEFFORD
THOMAS PALMER
WILLIAM WARD FOR WIDOWS
HERBERT DEVEREUX WARD'S CHARITY
MILES NEWTON
POOR SHARE
POOR'S PIECE

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
41
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,578
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 378 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Melton and Syston, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,000
Construction 2,475
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Transport 1,225
Social Care 1,200
Environment / Green 145

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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