Most of the Deep End practices are in the Valleys and urban areas. In May 2026 we identified 20 of the 60 clusters in Wales who have the same proportion (over34%) of their patients living in the most deprived communities OR those where a majority of their practices are Deep End.
The Deep End Clusters are:
|
Cluster |
Cluster deprivation Ranking |
Percentage of patients living in most deprived 20% of WIMD |
Total number of practices |
Number of Deep End practices |
Proportion that are Deep End practices |
|
Blaenau Gwent East |
1 |
51.0% |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
|
City & Cardiff South |
2 |
50.1% |
6 |
5 |
83.3% |
|
Afan |
3 |
49.6% |
8 |
7 |
87.5% |
|
Penderi |
4 |
49.4% |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
|
CityHealth |
5 |
47.1% |
8 |
6 |
75.0% |
|
Cardiff East |
6 |
45.6% |
4 |
4 |
100.0% |
|
Cardiff South West |
7 |
45.5% |
10 |
7 |
70.0% |
|
Newport West |
8 |
41.7% |
6 |
3 |
50.0% |
|
South Cynon |
9 |
41.5% |
5 |
4 |
80.0% |
|
Blaenau Gwent West |
10 |
39.2% |
6 |
5 |
83.3% |
|
Cardiff South East |
11 |
38.9% |
7 |
4 |
57.1% |
|
Rhondda |
12 |
37.9% |
10 |
9 |
90.0% |
|
Bridgend North Network |
13 |
37.3% |
8 |
5 |
62.5% |
|
Caerphilly North |
14 |
37.0% |
8 |
5 |
62.5% |
|
Newport East |
15 |
36.6% |
6 |
3 |
50.0% |
|
Neath |
16 |
36.3% |
8 |
6 |
75.0% |
|
Torfaen North |
17 |
36.0% |
5 |
4 |
80.0% |
|
Merthyr Tydfil |
18 |
31.1% |
6 |
4 |
66.0% |
|
North Cynon |
19 |
29.4% |
3 |
2 |
66.7% |
|
North Denbighshire |
20 |
27.4% |
6 |
4 |
66.7% |