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West Midlands

The Wrekin

6th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,271 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

No councillor records have been loaded for The Wrekin 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
417/543
health
269/543
income
336/543
housing
187/543
education
391/543
employment
322/543
environment
432/543

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

Identified resource gaps

health LOW
Rank 269/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
615 health-focused charities, 6053 employees
GP ratio: 1:2271 (above 1:2000 threshold)
housing LOW
Rank 187/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
66 housing-focused charities, 1145 employees

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

1662 registered charities

1,662
Charities
£16,238,614
Grants to HQ'd charities
11,035
Employees
33,101
Volunteers
15.6%
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

ELIZABETH METCALF
THE HINSTOCK CHARITY
HOLT ENDOWMENT FUND
HENRY MORGAN
NON-EDUCATIONAL CHARITY OF RICHARD DOVEY
HONOURABLE GEORGIANA RUSHOUT
EDWARD PARRY
HODNET UNKNOWN DONORS

1 staff
THE JAMES CROSS FUND
JOHN WHITE

GP and primary care

8
GP practices
46
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,271
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 71 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in The Wrekin, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 4,500
Education 4,000
Social Care 3,000
Transport 1,880
Construction 1,650
Environment / Green 185

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.