Number of people living in county could be as much as 50,000 higher than thought, health watchdog learns

A meeting of Healthwatch Northants hears the actual number of people living in Northants could be more than 840,000

By Sarah Ward

The population of Northamptonshire could have been understated by as much as 50,000 people, the county’s health watchdog heard yesterday.

The county’s officer in charge of population health at the Integrated Care Board Paul Birch gave a presentation to Healthwatch Northants which said the number of people registered with health providers is 844,159, which is 55,646 people more than the latest census, collated in March 2021, recorded.