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South Shields

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
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What the data shows

Health deprivation: bottom 2.5%. Number of health-focused charities: 284.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission
1 GP for every 2,546 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

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
73/543
Bottom 20%
health
16/543
Bottom 10%
income
84/543
Bottom 20%
housing
499/543
education
138/543
employment
31/543
Bottom 10%
environment
251/543

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

Identified resource gaps

employment HIGH
Rank 31/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
101 employment-focused charities, 1233 employees
health HIGH
Rank 16/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
284 health-focused charities, 3946 employees
GP ratio: 1:2546 (above 1:2000 threshold)
crime HIGH
Rank 73/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income MODERATE
Rank 84/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
129 income-focused charities, 1416 employees
education LOW
Rank 138/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
301 education-focused charities, 3436 employees
environment LOW
Rank 251/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
149 environment-focused charities, 439 employees

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

586 registered charities

586
Charities
£28,219,989
Grants to HQ'd charities
5,343
Employees
58,224
Volunteers
28.3%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
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

RESIDENCE FOR MINISTER
JOHN ARTHUR WALBANK FOR HOMES FOR AGED MINEWORKERS'

29 staff
SIR BOBBY ROBSON FOUNDATION FUND
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE ANDREW BARTON MEMORIAL PRIZE

218 staff
SWIMNE IN THE COMMUNITY
NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY CULTURE INITIATIVE GROUP
THE EVO CENTRE
TYNESIDE SOCIAL WELFARE
MINDFUL THERAPIES CIO

GP and primary care

11
GP practices
40
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,546
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 346 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in South Shields, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 2,500
Education 2,500
Social Care 1,500
Construction 1,170
Transport 825
Environment / Green 45

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

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