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South East

Rochester and Strood

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

1 GP for every 3,434 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)
Housing deprivation: bottom 8.0%. Number of housing-focused charities: 22.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
120/543
health
227/543
income
221/543
housing
52/543
Bottom 10%
education
152/543
employment
229/543
environment
405/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing HIGH
Rank 52/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
22 housing-focused charities, 2062 employees
crime MODERATE
Rank 120/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 221/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
97 income-focused charities, 2139 employees
employment LOW
Rank 229/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
66 employment-focused charities, 502 employees
health LOW
Rank 227/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
178 health-focused charities, 3456 employees
GP ratio: 1:3434 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 152/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
240 education-focused charities, 2905 employees

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

483 registered charities

483
Charities
£3,764,951
Grants to HQ'd charities
4,992
Employees
20,506
Volunteers
20.4%
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

KEMSLEY
WALTER STUNT
ST CATHERINE'S HOSPITAL CHARITIES

26 staff
PERCY DOUGLAS TAFFS
ST HILARY'S TRUST

148 staff
BISHOP OF ROCHESTERS FUND FOR MISSION

58 staff
THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER CONSOLIDATED EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS

3 staff
GEOFFREY HARMSWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST

270 staff
FRIENDS OF OAKLANDS
TIDE NOURISH AID CHARITY

GP and primary care

10
GP practices
35
FQ FTE GPs
1:3,434
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 1234 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Rochester and Strood, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 5,000
Construction 4,000
Transport 3,765
Social Care 3,500
NHS / Healthcare 1,500
Environment / Green 835

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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