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East Midlands

Sherwood Forest

5th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
22
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,660 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 Sherwood Forest could be next.

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Sherwood Forest 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
295/543
health
201/543
income
248/543
housing
304/543
education
178/543
employment
212/543
environment
474/543

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

Identified resource gaps

income LOW
Rank 248/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
426 income-focused charities, 2077 employees
employment LOW
Rank 212/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
314 employment-focused charities, 1935 employees
health LOW
Rank 201/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
862 health-focused charities, 9455 employees
GP ratio: 1:2660 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 178/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1097 education-focused charities, 10849 employees

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

2250 registered charities

2,250
Charities
£17,007,301
Grants to HQ'd charities
13,894
Employees
51,302
Volunteers
30.9%
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 SUDBURY - EGMANTON SHARE
HENRY NICHOLSON
UNKNOWN DONOR NO 1
SIR STUART GOODWIN
CHURCH LAND
LADY HOWE'S LYING-IN CHARITY
WILLIAM AND EMMA WATSON
COLLIE'S ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY
LADY ANNE SOUTH
JONATHAN STIRTEVANT'S CHARITY

GP and primary care

11
GP practices
38
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,660
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 460 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Sherwood Forest, by sector

Sector Employees
Construction 3,250
NHS / Healthcare 3,000
Social Care 2,750
Education 2,250
Transport 975
Environment / Green 355

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.