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South Dorset

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

1 GP for every 2,369 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 South Dorset could be next.

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for South Dorset 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
297/543
health
246/543
income
245/543
housing
140/543
education
182/543
employment
209/543
environment
349/543

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

Identified resource gaps

income LOW
Rank 245/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
320 income-focused charities, 1556 employees
employment LOW
Rank 209/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
221 employment-focused charities, 2496 employees
health LOW
Rank 246/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
848 health-focused charities, 9475 employees
GP ratio: 1:2369 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 182/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1050 education-focused charities, 9340 employees
housing LOW
Rank 140/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
96 housing-focused charities, 4043 employees

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

2293 registered charities

2,293
Charities
£20,805,322
Grants to HQ'd charities
15,918
Employees
47,229
Volunteers
19.4%
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

CHILD WELFARE CHARITY
RICHARD GOLLOP'S CHARITY
THOMAS STRANGWAYS, JUNIOR
MALTHOUSE AND BREWHOUSE APPRENTICING CHARITY
MRS HORNER'S CHARITY
SARAH GILES
ROBERT MIDDLETON
SIR SAMUEL MICO FOR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE CHARITY
MRS STRANEWAYS
MISS ELIZABETH MARIA FOY

GP and primary care

8
GP practices
41
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,369
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 169 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in South Dorset, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,000
Social Care 1,800
Construction 1,675
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Transport 960
Environment / Green 430

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.