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Listening to Young People’s Voices: Key Findings from the 2025 HRBQ

By Karen Armstrong, Public Health Practitioner – karen.armstrong@southtyneside.gov.uk About the HRBQ  South Tyneside’s Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire (HRBQ) has been repeated in schools across the borough every few years since 2012.  The survey asks children in school years 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 for their views and experiences around a range of important public health topics including:  Healthy eating  … Continue reading “Listening to Young People’s Voices: Key Findings from the 2025 HRBQ”

South Tyneside: A Picture of Health 2025

The Picture of Health is our annual description of the health and wellbeing of the South Tyneside population. It is an update of last year’s Picture of Health report 2024, and includes new data, such as the newly released English indices of deprivation 2025.   This blog post accompanies the slides which can be found here:  2025 – A Picture of Health Broadly, we have seen emerging positive … Continue reading “South Tyneside: A Picture of Health 2025”

Grants and Funding for Small Business and Charitable Organisations

You might’ve noticed our new Grants and Funding page in the banner above – we want to make sure  local businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are able to access the support they need. If you’re a small business or charitable organisation, click the link above to see more about how you … Continue reading “Grants and Funding for Small Business and Charitable Organisations”

Intelligence Update – October 2025

Intelligence Update – October 2025 This page covers local intelligence releases of note in October 2025. You can view all public health intelligence updates on our Intelligence page.

Intelligence Update – September 2025

This page covers local intelligence releases of note in September 2025. You can view all public health intelligence updates on our Intelligence page. Co-occurring Substance Misuse and Mental Health Issues profile In September 2025 the following indicators were added to the Co-occurring Substance Misuse and Mental Health Issues profile: Hospital admissions where drug-related mental and behavioural … Continue reading “Intelligence Update – September 2025”

Digital Exclusion Reference Page

On 12th March 2025, we published our new Digital Exclusion reference page which you can find under ‘Data by Theme’. It includes useful data sources and reports summarising broadband capability, digital inclusion, digital exclusion, and consumer demographics at a local, regional and national level. This page brings together a range of sources, including: Consumer Data … Continue reading “Digital Exclusion Reference Page”