Photo: P.g.champion · CC BY 2.0 ukAcross Ealing, life expectancy spans 9 years from one area to another
Inside the borough, men’s life expectancy runs from 75.5 in Northolt South to 84.4 in Northolt East, 1.1 miles apart. Life expectancy is 79.4 for men and 84.4 for women. England as a whole stood at 79.1 and 83.0 over 2019 to 2023. Ealing grades C+ for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #18 of 33 in London.
What stands out about health in Ealing
A 9-year gap from one part of Ealing to another
Men in Northolt East can expect to live to 84.4, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Northolt South, 1.1 miles away, the figure is 75.5, and Norwood Green South records 128 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 81.1 in Greenford West to 89.9 in Bedford Park. Neighbourhoods ↓
A&E waits run longer than England’s, but fewer patients wait 12 hours for a bed
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the A&E at Ealing Hospital, saw 52% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 91st of 117 trusts. 8.5% of patients admitted through its A&Es waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit, against 13% in England. A&E ↓
More of Ealing’s children are obese
23% of Year 6 children (aged 10 to 11) were measured as obese over the last three school years, against 22.3% across England; more than in 77% of UK towns. Health Grade ↓
Men live longer lives than Ealing’s level of deprivation would suggest
32% of Ealing’s residents are income-deprived. Across England’s towns that predicts men’s life expectancy of 77.0; Ealing’s is 79.4. For its circumstances ↓
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.
Ealing grades C+ for health
Healthier than 38% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
What holds the grade back: emergency admissions and child obesity (better than 14% and 23% of UK towns). What lifts it: disability (85%) and women’s life expectancy (58%). Among the 36 UK towns of 257,000 to 496,000 people, Ealing’s Health Grade is the 8th 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.
Men’s life expectancy across Ealing runs from 75.5 to 84.4
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Ealing’s 41 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation less closely inside Ealing than across England. Norwood Green South has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (128 per 100 expected), against 71 in Northolt East.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northolt East | 84.4 | 84.3 | 71 | 101 | 27% | 32% |
| Horsenden | 84.0 | 85.8 | 66 | 88 | 25% | 26% |
| Hanger Hill East | 83.5 | 86.1 | 65 | 84 | 26% | 34% |
| North Ealing | 83.3 | 86.1 | 64 | — | 13% | 18% |
| Northfields | 83.0 | 85.4 | 57 | 80 | 10% | 16% |
| Brent Valley | 82.8 | 87.4 | 81 | 106 | 15% | 24% |
| Ealing Broadway West | 82.2 | 85.8 | 62 | 85 | 17% | 23% |
| Elthorne Park | 81.3 | 85.0 | 69 | 92 | 12% | 15% |
| Greenford Ravenor Park | 81.1 | 86.6 | 65 | 124 | 23% | 30% |
| Pitshanger | 81.0 | 83.5 | 73 | 87 | 11% | 11% |
| South Ealing | 80.9 | 85.8 | 78 | 96 | 9.1% | 16% |
| Bedford Park | 80.7 | 89.9 | 57 | 63 | 14% | 13% |
| Bilton Road | 80.6 | 84.9 | 85 | 104 | 19% | 32% |
| Drayton Green & Cleveland | 80.5 | 86.3 | 77 | 101 | 24% | 32% |
| Perivale | 80.4 | 86.4 | 88 | 99 | 26% | 41% |
| East Acton | 80.4 | 85.8 | 75 | 85 | 23% | 33% |
| Greenford South | 80.2 | 81.5 | 102 | 132 | 28% | 34% |
| Kingshill Avenue | 80.1 | 81.9 | 107 | 119 | 28% | 41% |
| Cuckoo Park | 80.0 | 84.8 | 90 | 135 | 27% | 42% |
| St Mary's | 80.0 | 84.2 | 86 | 104 | 17% | 22% |
| Greenford North | 79.5 | 83.8 | 95 | 110 | 22% | 34% |
| Acton Noel Road & Lynton Road | 79.4 | 85.2 | 73 | 84 | 20% | 24% |
| Hanwell | 79.3 | 84.1 | 86 | 108 | 16% | 27% |
| Northolt West | 78.9 | 83.7 | 100 | 120 | 28% | 42% |
| Chiswick North West | 78.9 | 84.7 | 70 | 84 | 15% | 16% |
| Ealing Broadway East | 78.8 | 83.8 | 97 | — | 21% | 20% |
| Ealing Common & Twyford Ave | 78.7 | 82.7 | 105 | 94 | 18% | 20% |
| Southall Green East | 78.6 | 84.0 | 95 | — | 32% | 42% |
| Southall Park | 78.4 | 86.0 | 116 | 137 | 29% | 39% |
| Whitton Avenue West | 78.3 | 85.2 | 96 | 106 | 20% | 31% |
| North Acton | 78.3 | 87.3 | 104 | 91 | 25% | 38% |
| South Acton | 78.0 | 82.7 | 97 | 101 | 24% | 35% |
| Southall West | 77.4 | 83.4 | 111 | 155 | 32% | 40% |
| West Ealing | 77.1 | 84.1 | 117 | 119 | 22% | 35% |
| Acton Central | 77.0 | 82.9 | 101 | 93 | 25% | 34% |
| Norwood Green North & Windmill Park | 76.8 | 82.3 | 123 | 149 | 27% | 43% |
| Greenford West | 76.6 | 81.1 | 126 | 127 | 28% | 42% |
| Southall Green West | 76.4 | 85.3 | 116 | — | 25% | 39% |
| Southall North | 76.0 | 82.1 | 124 | 151 | 24% | 32% |
| Norwood Green South | 75.6 | 81.2 | 128 | 154 | 29% | 40% |
| Northolt South | 75.5 | 81.5 | 127 | 135 | 30% | 50% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Northolt South’s men’s life expectancy is 75.5 with a 95% range of 73.6 to 77.5. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Ealing; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
London North West University Healthcare saw 52% 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: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust runs the A&E at Ealing Hospital, the nearest to Ealing (1.6 mi).
The share seen within four hours has held near 54% over 18 months. Long waits for a bed are rarer than at 62% of trusts: 6,550 patients in 12 months, 8.5% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Ealing Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2025), the hospital overall requires improvement (2025).
London trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 mi | Ealing Hospital A&E Southall · London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Requires improvement2025 |
| 2.7 mi | Central Middlesex Hospital London · London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | Good2025 | — |
| 3.2 mi | West Middlesex University Hospital A&E Isleworth · Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Good2020 | Good2018 |
| 3.8 mi | Northwick Park Hospital A&E Harrow · London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Requires improvement2025 |
| 3.8 mi | St Mark's Hospital Harrow · London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 3.9 mi | Hammersmith Hospitals London · Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | Requires improvement2019 | — |
| 3.9 mi | Queen Charlottes and Chelsea Hospital London · Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | Outstanding2023 | — |
| 5.3 mi | Charing Cross Hospital A&E London · Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | Good2026 | Requires improvement2018 |
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.
Men’s life expectancy in Ealing is 2.4 years above 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.
32% of Ealing’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 77.0 years for men; Ealing’s is 79.4. For women it predicts 81.2, and Ealing’s 84.4 is 3.2 years above.
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 Ealing
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.
76% of patients rate Ealing’s 68 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 16th of 33 English towns of 257,000 to 496,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Suganthamala Radhakrishnan UB1 1PZ · 1,811 adult patients | 94% good · range 91%–95% | 88% | 80% | Good2017 |
| Woodbridge Medical Centre UB1 2TJ · 5,195 adult patients | 92% good · range 86%–95% | 71% | 77% | Good2016 |
| West End Surgery UB5 6QN · 5,537 adult patients | 91% good · range 82%–96% | 78% | 70% | Good2016 |
| The Avenue Surgery W13 8LA · 5,257 adult patients | 90% good · range 85%–93% | 72% | 59% | Good2019 |
| The Grove Medical Practice UB5 4NY · 6,173 adult patients | 89% good · range 82%–93% | 82% | 74% | Good2026 |
| The Acton Health Centre W3 8QE · 3,424 adult patients | 86% good · range 81%–90% | 81% | 71% | Good2023 |
| Hammond Road Surgery UB2 4EH · 4,713 adult patients | 86% good · range 78%–92% | 78% | 69% | Good2019 |
| Acton Lane Medical Centre W4 5DG · 4,542 adult patients | 86% good · range 80%–90% | 93% | 84% | Good2024 |
| The Boileau Road Surgery W5 3AJ · 4,311 adult patients | 86% good · range 80%–90% | 63% | 72% | Good2022 |
| The Boileau Surgery W5 3AJ · 4,311 adult patients | 86% good · range 80%–90% | 63% | 72% | Not rated |
| Greenford Avenue Family Health Practice W7 3AH · 4,127 adult patients | 86% good · range 82%–89% | 74% | 68% | Good2024 |
| Dr John William Keen W4 5LH · 3,231 adult patients | 86% good · range 83%–88% | 93% | 74% | Requires improvement2024 |
| Ealing Park Health Centre W5 4RH · 9,497 adult patients | 85% good · range 74%–92% | 69% | 63% | Good2017 |
| Dr Muhammad Akbar Khan W3 6PH · 6,706 adult patients | 85% good · range 78%–89% | 77% | 82% | Good2017 |
| Oldfield Family Practice UB6 8RA · 4,346 adult patients | 85% good · range 80%–88% | 83% | 81% | Good2022 |
| Chiswick Family Practice W3 8TF · 3,634 adult patients | 84% good · range 80%–88% | 77% | 82% | Good2019 |
| The Mansell Road Practice UB6 9EN · 4,920 adult patients | 84% good · range 78%–89% | 79% | 86% | Good2018 |
| Grosvenor House Surgery W13 9BE · 4,477 adult patients | 84% good · range 76%–90% | 46% | 60% | Requires improvement2026 |
| Westseven GP W7 1DR · 4,771 adult patients | 84% good · range 77%–89% | 66% | 71% | Good2022 |
| KS Medical Centre Limited UB1 3HY · 4,355 adult patients | 84% good · range 77%–89% | 74% | 61% | Good2018 |
| Perivale Medical Clinic UB6 8HX · 4,354 adult patients | 84% good · range 76%–90% | 77% | 78% | Good2022 |
| Dr Htun Nay Lin, Mattock Lane Health Centre W13 9NZ · 2,715 adult patients | 84% good · range 81%–87% | 81% | 64% | Good2017 |
| Elmbank Surgery W7 3DD · 5,061 adult patients | 83% good · range 73%–89% | 70% | 64% | Good2017 |
| Hillcrest Surgery W3 9LA · 7,463 adult patients | 82% good · range 72%–89% | 74% | 76% | Not rated |
| GP Surgery @ Acton Gardens W3 8TF · 3,821 adult patients | 82% good · range 77%–86% | 78% | 88% | Requires improvement2024 |
| Yeading Medical Centre UB5 6LD · 5,435 adult patients | 81% good · range 72%–87% | 84% | 72% | Good2024 |
| The Mill Hill Surgery W3 8QH · 6,005 adult patients | 81% good · range 69%–89% | 71% | 52% | Good2026 |
| Cuckoo Lane Practice W7 1DR · 4,743 adult patients | 80% good · range 75%–84% | 68% | 76% | Good2026 |
| Featherstone Road Health Centre UB2 5BQ · 7,711 adult patients | 80% good · range 71%–86% | 72% | 82% | Good2026 |
| Dr Reynolds, Dr Waters, Dr Arfeen & Dr Varma W7 2JJ · 7,663 adult patients | 79% good · range 66%–88% | 47% | 78% | Good2016 |
The 30 highest-rated of 68 practices shown.
Dr Suganthamala Radhakrishnan has the borough’s highest rating (94%). Gordon House Surgery is by far the largest, with 12,817 adult patients. 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 Ealing when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
83% of adults in the West and North London 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 Ealing).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of West and North London patients who did, 75% 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.
85% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Adjusted for age, 93 report bad health for every 100 expected, fewer than the national rate.
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| Census 2021 | Ealing | London | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 85% | 82% |
| Fair health | 11% | 10% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.2% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 12% | 13% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 5.4% | 5.8% | 7.4% |
London and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Ealing’s Health Grade is 8th of 36 UK towns of 257,000 to 496,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Ealing, and others in London. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bromley London | 325,469 | 81.3 / 85.1 | 78 | B+ |
| 2 | Barnet London | 388,572 | 81.4 / 85.4 | 77 | B |
| 3 | Harrow London | 260,534 | 80.9 / 85.2 | 78 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Havering London | 259,401 | 79.4 / 83.3 | 97 | C+ |
| 7 | Hillingdon London | 307,089 | 79.1 / 83.9 | 97 | C+ |
| 8 | Ealing London | 367,271 | 79.4 / 84.4 | 93 | C+ |
| 9 | Brent London | 340,611 | 79.3 / 85.0 | 95 | C+ |
| 10 | Enfield London | 329,822 | 79.8 / 84.4 | 93 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Belfast Belfast | 293,298 | 76.3 / 80.5 | — | 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 Ealing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ealing | 367,271 | 79.4 / 84.4 | 1.6 mi | C+ |
| Brent | 340,611 | 79.3 / 85.0 | 3 mi | C+ |
| Hounslow | 286,591 | 79.5 / 83.9 | 1.6 mi | C |
| Hillingdon | 307,089 | 79.1 / 83.9 | 1.5 mi | C+ |
| Harrow | 260,534 | 80.9 / 85.2 | 1.2 mi | B− |
| Richmond upon Thames | 192,888 | 82.2 / 86.6 | 1.7 mi | A |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 182,187 | 78.5 / 83.9 | 0.3 mi | C+ |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 143,348 | 81.5 / 86.2 | 1.3 mi | B+ |
Richmond upon Thames, 4.9 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 82.2, 2.8 years longer than Ealing’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 London North West University Healthcare 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 Ealing.
- 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 Ealing
How healthy is Ealing?
Ealing earns a C+ for health, healthier than 38% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 8th of 36 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 79.4 for men and 84.4 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 93 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Ealing have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Northolt East (84.4), Horsenden (84.0) and Hanger Hill East (83.5); the shortest is Northolt South (75.5). For women, Bedford Park is highest (89.9) and Greenford West lowest (81.1). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at Ealing Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 52% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 51%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Ealing?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 83% of adults in the West and North London 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 Ealing do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, Dr Suganthamala Radhakrishnan (94% good overall), Woodbridge Medical Centre (92% good overall) and West End Surgery (91% good overall). Across all 68 Ealing practices, 76% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Ealing?
79.4 years for men and 84.4 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 65.6 of those years and women 66.6 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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