Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase · CC BY 2.0People in Fareham live longer than across England: 81.0 for men and 84.0 for women
For 2019 to 2023, England’s figures are 79.1 and 83.0. Inside the town, men’s life expectancy runs from 77.8 in Fareham Fort to 83.0 in Fareham West, 0.9 miles apart. Fareham grades B for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #54 of 76 in Hampshire.
What stands out about health in Fareham
Patients rate Fareham’s GP practices below England’s
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 53% of patients at Fareham’s 3 practices called their overall experience good, against 77% across England, and 23% found it easy to get through by phone (57% in England). That is behind 99% of English towns. GP practices ↓
A 5-year gap from one part of Fareham to another
Men in Fareham West can expect to live to 83.0, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Fareham Fort, 0.9 miles away, the figure is 77.8, and Fareham Fort records 126 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 80.2 in Fareham Fort to 86.3 in Fareham West. Neighbourhoods ↓
Written from the OHID, NHS England and GP Patient Survey figures on this page. Life expectancy covers 2019 to 2023; neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people.
Fareham grades B for health
Healthier than 57% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
What holds the grade back: preventable deaths and deaths under 75 (better than 39% and 45% of UK towns). What lifts it: emergency admissions (75%) and Census bad health (65%). Among the 189 UK towns of 30,000 to 58,000 people, Fareham’s Health Grade is the 33rd highest.
Each measure is ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, the ranks are averaged, and the average is ranked again. Every measure allows for the town’s ages: life expectancy is worked out from the death rate at each age, so it doesn’t depend on how old the town’s residents are; deaths and admissions are counted against what England’s rates would give a town with these ages, and the Census answers against England and Wales’s rates by single year of age, so a seaside town of retired people isn’t marked down for being old.
53% of patients rate Fareham’s 3 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Practice PO16 7ER · 13,890 adult patients | 74% good · range 59%–85% | 36% | 72% | Good2016 |
| Gudge Heath Lane Surgery PO15 6QA · 7,668 adult patients | 65% good · range 55%–74% | 22% | 42% | Requires improvement2025 |
| Meon Health Practice PO15 6JF · 28,844 adult patients | 39% good · range 24%–57% | 16% | 51% | Good2024 |
Centre Practice has the town’s highest rating (74%). You can register with any practice whose area covers your address.
GP Patient Survey 2026: surveys sent January to March 2026; results weighted by NHS England. The range is the 95% confidence interval. Adult patients: the survey’s practice population aged 16 and over. A practice counts as in Fareham when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Men’s life expectancy across Fareham runs from 77.8 to 83.0
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Fareham’s 5 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation closely: Fareham Fort, where 26% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 77.8. Fareham Fort has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (126 per 100 expected), against 67 in Fareham West.
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| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fareham West | 83.0 | 86.3 | 67 | 67 | 16% | 6.3% |
| Fareham Common | 82.4 | 84.8 | 69 | 66 | 15% | 7.1% |
| Fareham North West | 80.9 | 83.5 | 94 | 84 | 20% | 20% |
| Fareham Town & Cams Hill | 80.9 | 84.6 | 77 | 81 | 15% | 13% |
| Fareham Fort | 77.8 | 80.2 | 126 | 94 | 21% | 26% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Fareham Fort’s men’s life expectancy is 77.8 with a 95% range of 75.9 to 79.8. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Fareham; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
Men’s life expectancy in Fareham is about what its level of deprivation predicts
Across 1,996 English towns of 2,500 or more, men’s life expectancy tracks income deprivation closely (correlation −0.81). Each dot is a town.
14% of Fareham’s residents are income-deprived, less than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 80.9 years for men; Fareham’s is 81.0. For women it predicts 84.5, and Fareham’s 84.0 is close to it.
Income deprivation: share of residents in low-income households, English Indices of Deprivation 2025, averaged over each town’s neighbourhoods. A town above or below the line isn’t necessarily doing better or worse on care: students, prisons and hostels inside a boundary all shift the figures.
Care in and near Fareham
The nearest A&E, the practice patients rate highest, and where to go when it’s urgent but not an emergency. In an emergency, call 999.
Portsmouth Hospitals University saw 63% of major-A&E patients within four hours
Type 1 (major) A&E attendances seen, admitted or discharged within four hours of arrival, by month. NHS England publishes it by trust, not hospital: Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust runs the A&E at Queen Alexandra Hospital, the nearest to Fareham (5.5 mi).
The share seen within four hours has held near 62% over 18 months. Long waits for a bed are commoner than at 93% of trusts: 13,608 patients in 12 months, 36% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Queen Alexandra Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2025), the hospital overall good (2026).
South East trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 mi | Gosport War Memorial Hospital Gosport · Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | — |
| 5.5 mi | Queen Alexandra Hospital A&E Portsmouth · Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | Good2026 | Requires improvement2025 |
| 6.8 mi | St Mary's Hospital Portsmouth · Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | — |
| 9.1 mi | Hythe Hospital Southampton · Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 9.7 mi | Royal South Hants Hospital Southampton · Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2016 | — |
| 11 mi | St Mary's Hospital A&E Newport · Isle of Wight NHS Trust | Good2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 11 mi | St Marys Hospital Newport · Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 12 mi | Southampton General Hospital A&E Southampton · University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | Good2026 | Good2019 |
NHS acute hospitals registered with the Care Quality Commission (care directory, 01 October 2026). “A&E” marks a major (type 1) emergency department, open 24 hours and led by consultants, in NHS England’s Emergency Care Data Set; a hospital without the mark may still have a minor injury unit or urgent treatment centre. Ratings run Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate; the year is when each was published. Distances are straight lines from the town centre.
82% of adults in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight area who tried got an NHS dental appointment
Adults who tried to get an NHS dental appointment for themselves in the last two years, and got one. GP Patient Survey 2026, by integrated care system (the NHS area that plans dentistry for Fareham).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of Hampshire and Isle of Wight patients who did, 72% rated the experience good (England 74%). NHS practices taking new patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist; for urgent dental pain, call NHS 111.
The survey asks GP patients about dentistry, so results are published for health areas, not towns or practices.
82% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Fareham’s residents are older than Hampshire’s (24% are 65 or over, against 20%), which accounts for much of the difference. Adjusted for age, 73 report bad health for every 100 expected, fewer than the national rate.
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| Census 2021 | Fareham | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 83% | 82% |
| Fair health | 13% | 12% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 6.8% | 6.4% | 7.4% |
Hampshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Fareham’s Health Grade is 33rd of 189 UK towns of 30,000 to 58,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Fareham, and others in Hampshire. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harpenden Hertfordshire | 30,964 | 83.0 / 86.8 | 58 | A+ |
| 2 | Fleet Hampshire | 37,800 | 83.3 / 85.7 | 58 | A+ |
| 3 | Wokingham Berkshire | 50,320 | 82.7 / 86.1 | 67 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Chandler's Ford Hampshire | 31,965 | 82.9 / 85.7 | 63 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Locks Heath Hampshire | 35,744 | 82.3 / 85.5 | 66 | A |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Altrincham Greater Manchester | 49,672 | 80.5 / 84.0 | 86 | B |
| 32 | Didcot Oxfordshire | 34,600 | 81.7 / 84.5 | 79 | B |
| 33 | Fareham Hampshire | 42,633 | 81.0 / 84.0 | 85 | B |
| 34 | Hoddesdon Hertfordshire | 40,615 | 80.7 / 84.4 | 82 | B |
| 35 | Christchurch Dorset | 48,973 | 80.8 / 84.9 | 79 | B |
| … | |||||
| 189 | Wishaw North Lanarkshire | 30,190 | 72.6 / 77.9 | — | D− |
Health letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only. Welsh towns are graded on life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and the two Census measures: OHID’s early-death, admissions and child-obesity figures cover England.
Health in the places around Fareham
Life expectancy for men / women, and the nearest A&E. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | People | Life expectancy | Nearest A&E | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fareham | 42,633 | 81.0 / 84.0 | 5.5 mi | B |
| Knowle | 1,487 | 80.6 / 83.9 | 6.3 mi | B+ |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 24,307 | 81.7 / 84.9 | 6.8 mi | A− |
| Wickham | 2,170 | 80.6 / 83.9 | 6.2 mi | B+ |
| Locks Heath | 35,744 | 82.3 / 85.5 | 8.6 mi | A |
| Whiteley | 9,350 | 81.5 / 84.0 | 8.4 mi | A |
| Gosport | 70,120 | 78.5 / 82.1 | 4.8 mi | C− |
| Waltham Chase | 2,830 | 82.4 / 87.0 | 8.2 mi | A |
Gosport, 3.9 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 78.5, 2.5 years shorter than Fareham’s.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A&E figures are for the trust. NHS England publishes four-hour waits by trust, not hospital, so Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust’s figures cover every major A&E it runs. They count type 1 (major) departments; minor injury units and urgent treatment centres are left out, which is why they sit below the all-types figure NHS England headlines (75% for England).
- The GP survey is a survey. About 100 patients answer for each practice, so a practice’s figure has a range (shown in the table); small differences between practices aren’t meaningful. The town figure weights each practice by its adult patients, some of whom live outside Fareham.
- Adjusted for age. A ratio of 100 means as many deaths, admissions or reports of bad health as England’s rates (England and Wales’s for the Census) would give a town with these ages; 120 means a fifth more.
- Small areas, summed to the town. OHID publishes these figures for middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people; the town’s figure averages the areas it covers, weighted by how many of their residents live in it, so a village shares its area’s figure with the countryside around it.
- Different years. Life expectancy and deaths cover 2019 to 2023; emergency admissions 2016/17 to 2020/21 (the latest OHID publishes for small areas, including the pandemic dip); child obesity the three school years to 2024/25; A&E the 12 months to September 2026; the GP Patient Survey early 2026; CQC ratings were published on different dates, shown in each row.
- Distances are straight lines. Miles are measured from the town’s centre to each site; the road is longer. For an emergency, call 999; for urgent advice, call NHS 111.
Questions about health in Fareham
How healthy is Fareham?
Fareham earns a B for health, healthier than 57% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 33rd of 189 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 81.0 for men and 84.0 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 85 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Fareham have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Fareham West (83.0), Fareham Common (82.4) and Fareham North West (80.9); the shortest is Fareham Fort (77.8). For women, Fareham West is highest (86.3) and Fareham Fort lowest (80.2). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at Queen Alexandra Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 63% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 60%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Fareham?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 82% of adults in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight area who tried to get an NHS dental appointment in the last two years got one, against 82% across England. Practices taking new NHS patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist service.
Which GP practice in Fareham do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, Centre Practice (74% good overall), Gudge Heath Lane Surgery (65% good overall) and Meon Health Practice (39% good overall). Across all 3 Fareham practices, 53% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Fareham?
81.0 years for men and 84.0 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 67.9 of those years and women 69.1 in good health.
CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Sources: OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (life expectancy and deaths 2019–23, emergency admissions 2016/17–2020/21, NCMP 2022/23–2024/25); House of Commons Library MSOA names · ONS health state life expectancy for small areas (MSOAs), England and Wales, 2019 to 2023 (healthy life expectancy) · ONS Census 2021 general health and disability, adjusted for age · Care Quality Commission care directory and latest ratings, 01 October 2026 · NHS Organisation Data Service · GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos) · NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions (monthly, by trust) and Emergency Care Data Set activity by site, June–September 2026 (type 1 A&Es) · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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