Photo: Martin Addison · CC BY-SA 2.0Across Haringey, life expectancy spans 11 years from one area to another
Inside the borough, men’s life expectancy runs from 73.2 in Northumberland Park to 83.8 in Alexandra Park, 3.2 miles apart. Life expectancy is 78.8 for men and 84.2 for women. For 2019 to 2023, England’s figures are 79.1 and 83.0. Haringey grades C for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #23 of 33 in London.
What stands out about health in Haringey
An 11-year gap from one part of Haringey to another
Men in Alexandra Park can expect to live to 83.8, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Northumberland Park, 3.2 miles away, the figure is 73.2, and Tottenham Green East records 145 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 80.5 in Tottenham Green East to 88.5 in Crouch End West. Neighbourhoods ↓
More patients are seen within four hours than across England, but 12-hour waits for a bed are commoner
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the A&E at North Middlesex University Hospital, saw 69% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 21st of 117 trusts. 31% 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 Haringey’s children are obese
24% 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 84% of UK towns. Health Grade ↓
Men live longer lives than Haringey’s level of deprivation would suggest
35% of Haringey’s residents are income-deprived. Across England’s towns that predicts men’s life expectancy of 76.2; Haringey’s is 78.8. 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.
Haringey grades C for health
Healthier than 33% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
What holds the grade back: child obesity and deaths under 75 (better than 16% and 23% of UK towns). What lifts it: disability (63%) and women’s life expectancy (53%). Among the 48 UK towns of 185,000 to 356,000 people, Haringey’s Health Grade is the 18th 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 Haringey runs from 73.2 to 83.8
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Haringey’s 31 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation closely: South Tottenham, where 77% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 78.9. Tottenham Green East has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (145 per 100 expected), against 58 in Alexandra Park.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Park | 83.8 | 87.5 | 58 | 61 | 10% | 11% |
| Muswell Hill South | 83.6 | 86.9 | 82 | 60 | 8% | 11% |
| Crouch End East | 83.6 | 87.7 | 72 | 62 | 15% | 16% |
| Crouch End West | 83.2 | 88.5 | 61 | 65 | 11% | 12% |
| Muswell Hill North | 83.1 | 88.4 | 43 | 66 | 7.5% | 12% |
| Fortis Green & Coldfall | 83.1 | 82.4 | 76 | 75 | 11% | 16% |
| Highgate Wood | 83.1 | 86.6 | 72 | 69 | 17% | 14% |
| Highgate East | 82.6 | 86.8 | 70 | 54 | — | 11% |
| Hornsey West | 82.4 | 86.1 | 68 | 66 | 11% | 11% |
| Bowes Park | 79.8 | 82.5 | 95 | 83 | 26% | 38% |
| Scotch Estate | 79.5 | 82.5 | 114 | 89 | 33% | 43% |
| Wood Green South | 79.0 | 82.5 | 120 | 87 | 25% | 44% |
| Hornsey Vale | 78.9 | 83.9 | 82 | 73 | 13% | 22% |
| South Tottenham | 78.9 | 83.8 | 98 | 90 | 29% | 77% |
| Downhills Park | 78.8 | 84.9 | 102 | 83 | 25% | 33% |
| Hornsey East | 78.4 | 81.7 | 113 | 100 | 21% | 31% |
| Wood Green North | 78.4 | 85.0 | 97 | 82 | 23% | 34% |
| Bruce Grove North | 78.1 | 87.5 | 125 | 106 | 32% | 49% |
| Harringay Ladder South | 78.0 | 80.8 | 109 | 78 | 24% | 27% |
| Lordship Lane & Broadwater Farm | 77.9 | 81.9 | 115 | 98 | 33% | 46% |
| Roundway | 77.5 | 81.8 | 110 | 113 | 38% | 48% |
| Harringay Ladder North | 77.5 | 86.3 | 103 | 77 | 24% | 31% |
| Harringay Warehouse District & Vartry | 77.3 | 83.7 | 116 | 88 | 33% | 50% |
| Bruce Grove South | 77.3 | 82.8 | 105 | 98 | 30% | 37% |
| Tottenham North West | 76.9 | 86.1 | 119 | 104 | 31% | 48% |
| Noel Park | 75.8 | 84.7 | 120 | 98 | 28% | 39% |
| West Green & St Ann's | 75.7 | 82.5 | 122 | 97 | 31% | 43% |
| Harringay East | 75.3 | 83.5 | 89 | 77 | 16% | 27% |
| Tottenham Bruce Castle Park | 74.3 | 83.1 | 122 | 105 | 27% | 54% |
| Tottenham Green East | 73.8 | 80.5 | 145 | 113 | 34% | 45% |
| Northumberland Park | 73.2 | 83.3 | 143 | 117 | 29% | 62% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Northumberland Park’s men’s life expectancy is 73.2 with a 95% range of 71.1 to 75.2. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Haringey; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
Royal Free London saw 69% 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: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust runs the A&E at North Middlesex University Hospital, the nearest to Haringey (2 mi).
The share seen within four hours rose from an average of 66% in April 2025 to September 2025 to 71% in the latest six months; England’s was 62%. Long waits for a bed are commoner than at 88% of trusts: 23,652 patients in 12 months, 31% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for North Middlesex University Hospital: urgent and emergency services good (2019), the hospital overall requires improvement (2025).
London trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 mi | North Middlesex University Hospital A&E London · Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Good2019 |
| 2.3 mi | The Whittington Hospital A&E London · Whittington Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 3.4 mi | Finchley Memorial Hospital London · Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 3.5 mi | The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Enfield Musculoskeletal Community Health Hub) London · Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 3.6 mi | Homerton University Hospital A&E London · Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Outstanding2023 | Outstanding2018 |
| 3.8 mi | The Royal Free Hospital A&E London · Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2021 | Requires improvement2019 |
| 4.4 mi | Moorfields Eye Hospital London · Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Outstanding2019 | — |
| 4.5 mi | Whipps Cross University Hospital A&E London · Barts Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Not rated |
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 Haringey is 2.6 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.
35% of Haringey’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 76.2 years for men; Haringey’s is 78.8. For women it predicts 80.5, and Haringey’s 84.2 is 3.7 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 Haringey
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.
77% of patients rate Haringey’s 33 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 18th of 45 English towns of 185,000 to 356,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Muswell Hill Practice N10 3ST · 14,053 adult patients | 89% good · range 71%–96% | 88% | 87% | Outstanding2024 |
| The Vale Practice N8 8SU · 8,200 adult patients | 88% good · range 77%–94% | 84% | 93% | Good2024 |
| Highgate Group Practice N6 4QA · 13,875 adult patients | 88% good · range 71%–95% | 81% | 78% | Good2026 |
| Dr Telesilla Gueret Wardle N8 8AE · 2,472 adult patients | 87% good · range 83%–90% | 88% | 62% | Good2026 |
| Dr Jerome Kaine Ikwueke N15 5HJ · 3,814 adult patients | 87% good · range 82%–90% | 73% | 79% | Good2024 |
| Queenswood Medical Practice N8 8JD · 17,616 adult patients | 86% good · range 55%–97% | 49% | 58% | Good2017 |
| Welbourne GP Surgery N17 9DL · 7,225 adult patients | 84% good · range 76%–90% | 74% | 84% | Good2018 |
| Cheshire Road Surgery N22 8JJ · 5,390 adult patients | 83% good · range 75%–88% | 78% | 73% | Good2021 |
| The Crouch Hall Road Surgery N8 8HJ · 7,118 adult patients | 82% good · range 72%–89% | 71% | 72% | Good2016 |
| Stuart Crescent Health Centre N22 5NJ · 6,308 adult patients | 82% good · range 72%–89% | 74% | 73% | Good2017 |
| Rutland House Surgery N10 1DU · 8,428 adult patients | 80% good · range 71%–86% | 57% | 67% | Good2023 |
| West Green Surgery N8 0RA · 19,874 adult patients | 78% good · range 54%–92% | 64% | 63% | Not rated |
| Charlton House Medical Centre N17 6SB · 5,452 adult patients | 78% good · range 65%–87% | 61% | 75% | Not rated |
| Tottenham Health Centre N17 8AH · 4,828 adult patients | 77% good · range 69%–83% | 63% | 60% | Requires improvement2025 |
| Hornsey Park Surgery N8 0PH · 9,387 adult patients | 77% good · range 63%–86% | 85% | 73% | Good2021 |
| Dr Amrish Gor N15 3DY · 4,607 adult patients | 76% good · range 69%–82% | 53% | 72% | Good2026 |
| Welbourne Medical Practice N17 9FD · 3,933 adult patients | 76% good · range 71%–80% | 74% | 75% | Good2018 |
| Somerset Gardens Family Health Care Centre N17 8NW · 10,511 adult patients | 76% good · range 53%–90% | 41% | 77% | Good2018 |
| Bounds Green Group Practice N11 2PF · 15,573 adult patients | 76% good · range 49%–91% | 49% | 80% | Good2020 |
| Lawrence House Surgery N15 4JR · 13,456 adult patients | 76% good · range 51%–90% | 62% | 72% | Good2023 |
| Westbury Medical Centre N22 6RX · 10,334 adult patients | 75% good · range 61%–86% | 62% | 57% | Good2016 |
| Luma Medical Practice N22 5NJ · 2,658 adult patients | 75% good · range 72%–78% | 55% | 70% | Requires improvement2020 |
| Lordship Lane Primary Care Centre N17 6AA · 12,045 adult patients | 75% good · range 57%–87% | 54% | 71% | Good2019 |
| The Morris House Group Practice N17 6AA · 12,045 adult patients | 75% good · range 57%–87% | 54% | 71% | Good2017 |
| Fernlea Surgery N15 6JR · 9,703 adult patients | 74% good · range 54%–87% | 46% | 70% | Good2020 |
| S H Vaghela & Dr V N Patel N8 0RP · 1,505 adult patients | 73% good · range 71%–75% | 75% | 79% | Good2026 |
| Arcadian Gardens Surgery N22 5AB · 6,952 adult patients | 72% good · range 60%–82% | 63% | 67% | Good2024 |
| Bruce Grove Primary Health Care Centre N17 6QB · 5,948 adult patients | 72% good · range 64%–78% | 60% | 76% | Requires improvement2022 |
| Dr Nalliah Sivananthan N22 7UN · 4,669 adult patients | 71% good · range 64%–77% | 74% | 79% | Good2022 |
| Bridge House Medical Practice N4 1TL · 8,069 adult patients | 71% good · range 54%–84% | 61% | 67% | Good2021 |
The 30 highest-rated of 33 practices shown.
The Muswell Hill Practice has the borough’s highest rating (89%). West Green Surgery is by far the largest, with 19,874 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 Haringey 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 Haringey).
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, 113 report bad health for every 100 expected, more than the national rate.
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| Census 2021 | Haringey | London | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 85% | 82% |
| Fair health | 10% | 10% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 14% | 13% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 6.2% | 5.8% | 7.4% |
London and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Haringey’s Health Grade is 18th of 48 UK towns of 185,000 to 356,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Haringey, and others in London. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond upon Thames London | 192,888 | 82.2 / 86.6 | 64 | A |
| 2 | Bromley London | 325,469 | 81.3 / 85.1 | 78 | B+ |
| 3 | Harrow London | 260,534 | 80.9 / 85.2 | 78 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Brighton and Hove East Sussex | 277,096 | 78.5 / 82.9 | 104 | C+ |
| 17 | Hounslow London | 286,591 | 79.5 / 83.9 | 94 | C |
| 18 | Haringey London | 264,069 | 78.8 / 84.2 | 101 | C |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire | 197,328 | 78.9 / 82.7 | 98 | C |
| 20 | Lambeth London | 317,108 | 78.2 / 83.1 | 102 | C |
| … | |||||
| 48 | 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 Haringey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haringey | 264,069 | 78.8 / 84.2 | 2 mi | C |
| Islington | 216,309 | 78.1 / 82.8 | 1.7 mi | C− |
| Hackney | 258,464 | 76.9 / 82.1 | 0.9 mi | C− |
| Enfield | 329,822 | 79.8 / 84.4 | 1.9 mi | C+ |
| Waltham Forest | 278,129 | 78.5 / 83.6 | 0.9 mi | C |
| Camden | 209,342 | 79.6 / 85.0 | 0.8 mi | C+ |
| Barnet | 388,572 | 81.4 / 85.4 | 3 mi | B |
| City of London | 7,820 | 84.1 / 87.1 | 1.5 mi | A+ |
City of London, 5 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 84.1, 5.3 years longer than Haringey’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 Royal Free London NHS Foundation 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 Haringey.
- 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 Haringey
How healthy is Haringey?
Haringey earns a C for health, healthier than 33% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 18th of 48 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 78.8 for men and 84.2 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 101 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Haringey have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Alexandra Park (83.8), Muswell Hill South (83.6) and Crouch End East (83.6); the shortest is Northumberland Park (73.2). For women, Crouch End West is highest (88.5) and Tottenham Green East lowest (80.5). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at North Middlesex University Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 69% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 70%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Haringey?
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 Haringey do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, The Muswell Hill Practice (89% good overall), The Vale Practice (88% good overall) and Highgate Group Practice (88% good overall). Across all 33 Haringey practices, 77% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Haringey?
78.8 years for men and 84.2 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 64.3 of those years and women 65.4 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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