Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Across Newham, life expectancy spans 14 years from one area to another
Inside the borough, men’s life expectancy runs from 72.8 in Mill Meads to 86.9 in Plashet East, 2.2 miles apart. Life expectancy is 77.6 for men and 82.2 for women. England as a whole stood at 79.1 and 83.0 over 2019 to 2023. Newham grades C− for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #30 of 33 in London.
What stands out about health in Newham
A 14-year gap from one part of Newham to another
Men in Plashet East can expect to live to 86.9, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Mill Meads, 2.2 miles away, the figure is 72.8, and Lonsdale Avenue records 153 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 78.9 in North Woolwich to 85.8 in Forest Gate North. Neighbourhoods ↓
Patients rate Newham’s GP practices below England’s
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 70% of patients at Newham’s 43 practices called their overall experience good, against 77% across England, and 55% found it easy to get through by phone (57% in England). That is behind 84% of English towns. GP practices ↓
More of Newham’s children are obese
29% 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 98% of UK towns. Health Grade ↓
Men live longer lives than Newham’s level of deprivation would suggest
39% of Newham’s residents are income-deprived. Across England’s towns that predicts men’s life expectancy of 75.4; Newham’s is 77.6. 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.
Newham grades C− for health
Healthier than 19% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
What holds the grade back: child obesity and women’s years in good health (better than 2% and 7% of UK towns). What lifts it: disability (71%) and women’s life expectancy (21%). Among the 37 UK towns of 246,000 to 474,000 people, Newham’s Health Grade is the 23rd 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 Newham runs from 72.8 to 86.9
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Newham’s 33 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 Newham than across England. East Ham Central, where 47% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 79.6, among the borough’s longest; Mill Meads, with 26%, has the shortest. Lonsdale Avenue has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (153 per 100 expected), against 90 in Plashet East.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plashet East | 86.9 | 83.2 | 90 | 94 | 32% | 37% |
| Beckton | 82.3 | 80.4 | 128 | 108 | 31% | 40% |
| East Ham Central | 79.6 | 84.2 | 99 | 93 | 29% | 47% |
| Forest Gate West | 79.5 | 84.9 | 106 | 97 | 32% | 37% |
| Wallend North | 79.3 | 80.8 | 88 | 103 | 28% | 43% |
| West Ham Park | 79.3 | 80.2 | 97 | 105 | 27% | 36% |
| Upton Park | 79.2 | 83.5 | 103 | 111 | 28% | 35% |
| West Ham & Stratford Park | 79.0 | 81.8 | 111 | 98 | 31% | 37% |
| East Ham South West | 78.4 | 84.3 | 92 | 90 | 23% | 38% |
| Plaistow North East | 78.4 | 84.9 | 124 | 99 | 27% | 42% |
| Forest Gate North | 78.3 | 85.8 | 89 | 110 | 29% | 36% |
| Plashet West | 78.2 | 85.1 | 105 | 94 | 27% | 42% |
| Canning Town East | 78.2 | 84.6 | 104 | 106 | 33% | 43% |
| Forest Gate South | 78.1 | 83.1 | 126 | 115 | 27% | 48% |
| Plaistow South | 78.0 | 81.9 | 111 | 102 | 34% | 43% |
| East Ham West | 77.9 | 81.7 | 98 | 112 | 29% | 46% |
| Carpenters Estate & Stratford New Town | 77.6 | 81.1 | 109 | — | 29% | 29% |
| Plaistow North | 77.5 | 82.0 | 124 | 107 | 35% | 43% |
| East Ham North | 77.4 | 84.3 | 116 | 100 | 29% | 35% |
| Stratford Central | 77.1 | 84.3 | 117 | 98 | 32% | 34% |
| Forest Gate East | 76.5 | 83.2 | 126 | 98 | 29% | 33% |
| Beckton Park | 76.5 | 82.6 | 89 | 101 | 27% | 36% |
| North Woolwich | 76.4 | 78.9 | 123 | — | 29% | 42% |
| Manor Park North | 75.9 | 79.6 | 116 | 106 | 27% | 46% |
| Stratford East | 75.8 | 80.7 | 124 | 106 | 28% | 38% |
| East Ham South | 75.3 | 80.2 | 116 | 104 | 27% | 43% |
| Canning Town Central | 75.2 | 82.1 | 137 | 109 | 36% | 44% |
| Manor Park South | 75.1 | 83.2 | 122 | 105 | 34% | 50% |
| Beckton North | 75.0 | 81.7 | 111 | 107 | 26% | 38% |
| Custom House | 74.9 | 79.6 | 129 | 137 | 28% | 45% |
| Canning Town North | 74.7 | 79.5 | 149 | 105 | 27% | 42% |
| Lonsdale Avenue | 73.9 | 79.4 | 153 | 107 | 29% | 43% |
| Mill Meads | 72.8 | — | 118 | — | 27% | 26% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Mill Meads’s men’s life expectancy is 72.8 with a 95% range of 70.3 to 75.3. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Newham; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
70% of patients rate Newham’s 43 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 29th of 35 English towns of 246,000 to 474,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Girija Kugapala E12 6SJ · 4,199 adult patients | 93% good · range 89%–95% | 83% | 81% | Good2026 |
| Abbey Road Medical Practice E15 3LT · 8,724 adult patients | 91% good · range 79%–97% | 75% | 74% | Good2021 |
| Dr Chandrakant Patel E7 8LZ · 2,640 adult patients | 90% good · range 86%–92% | 88% | 89% | Good2026 |
| Newham Transitional Practice E12 6AQ · 3,470 adult patients | 88% good · range 80%–94% | 85% | 84% | Good2017 |
| East End Medical Centre E13 0QA · 5,745 adult patients | 85% good · range 76%–92% | 65% | 69% | Good2018 |
| Newham Vicarage Practice E15 4ES · 7,964 adult patients | 85% good · range 73%–92% | 61% | 79% | Good2018 |
| Dr James Lawrie E6 5NA · 10,157 adult patients | 84% good · range 72%–92% | 75% | 65% | Good2026 |
| Dr Ajith Azad, Dr Sajith Azad and Dr NM Mohamed Faiz E6 3BD · 6,602 adult patients | 83% good · range 76%–88% | 71% | 56% | Good2016 |
| Greengate Medical Centre E13 8PS · 6,160 adult patients | 82% good · range 73%–88% | 82% | 54% | Good2017 |
| The Forest Practice E7 0EP · 5,417 adult patients | 82% good · range 75%–87% | 64% | 73% | Good2019 |
| Claremont Clinic E7 8AB · 9,628 adult patients | 80% good · range 64%–89% | 69% | 60% | Good2017 |
| Birchdale Road Medical Centre E7 8AR · 2,625 adult patients | 79% good · range 73%–84% | 85% | 66% | Good2022 |
| Westbury Road Medical Practice E7 8BU · 5,103 adult patients | 79% good · range 69%–86% | 63% | 66% | Good2021 |
| Woodgrange Medical Practice E7 0QH · 14,044 adult patients | 77% good · range 54%–90% | 61% | 50% | Outstanding2017 |
| Lathom Road Medical Centre E6 2DU · 7,820 adult patients | 76% good · range 60%–86% | 60% | 61% | Good2023 |
| Stratford Health Centre E15 1EN · 7,744 adult patients | 75% good · range 65%–82% | 67% | 78% | Good2021 |
| E7 Health E7 0EP · 6,499 adult patients | 74% good · range 65%–82% | 62% | 47% | Good2017 |
| Balaam Street Surgery E13 8AF · 7,739 adult patients | 74% good · range 63%–83% | 57% | 71% | Good2025 |
| The Manor Park Practice E12 5JG · 3,953 adult patients | 74% good · range 65%–82% | 60% | 42% | Good2026 |
| Shrewsbury Road Surgery E7 8QP · 13,575 adult patients | 73% good · range 53%–86% | 55% | 66% | Good2024 |
| The Project Surgery E13 0LN · 4,117 adult patients | 73% good · range 67%–78% | 74% | 70% | Good2017 |
| Sangam Surgery E12 5JF · 7,613 adult patients | 72% good · range 62%–81% | 62% | 43% | Good2024 |
| Plashet Harmony Practice E7 8QR · 1,857 adult patients | 72% good · range 69%–74% | 55% | 42% | Good2025 |
| Custom House Surgery E16 3NA · 8,680 adult patients | 72% good · range 57%–83% | 45% | 58% | Good2026 |
| Essex Lodge E13 0AS · 13,670 adult patients | 71% good · range 55%–84% | 54% | 36% | Good2021 |
| Plashet Medical Centre E13 0QT · 6,278 adult patients | 71% good · range 62%–78% | 57% | 68% | Good2021 |
| Upton Lane Medical Centre E7 9PB · 6,139 adult patients | 70% good · range 59%–80% | 60% | 55% | Good2024 |
| Boleyn Medical Centre E6 3BD · 9,998 adult patients | 70% good · range 56%–81% | 42% | 51% | Good2022 |
| Aspire Medical Centre E6 3BA · 8,231 adult patients | 70% good · range 58%–79% | 57% | 60% | Good2022 |
| Tollgate Medical Centre E6 5JS · 14,475 adult patients | 69% good · range 44%–87% | 48% | 56% | Good2025 |
The 30 highest-rated of 43 practices shown.
Dr Girija Kugapala has the borough’s highest rating (93%). Carpenters Practice is by far the largest, with 20,395 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 Newham 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 in Newham is 2.2 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.
39% of Newham’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 75.4 years for men; Newham’s is 77.6. For women it predicts 79.8, and Newham’s 82.2 is 2.4 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 Newham
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.
Barts Health saw 59% 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: Barts Health NHS Trust runs the A&E at Newham University Hospital, the nearest to Newham (0.7 mi).
The share seen within four hours rose from an average of 56% in April 2025 to September 2025 to 61% in the latest six months; England’s was 62%. Long waits for a bed are commoner than at 87% of trusts: 14,155 patients in 12 months, 28% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Newham University Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2026), the hospital overall requires improvement (2026).
London trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7 mi | Newham University Hospital A&E London · Barts Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 2.8 mi | Barking Community Hospital Barking · Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 3.5 mi | Whipps Cross University Hospital A&E London · Barts Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Not rated |
| 3.6 mi | Homerton University Hospital A&E London · Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Outstanding2023 | Outstanding2018 |
| 3.8 mi | Queen Elizabeth Hospital A&E London · Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | Good2026 | Good2026 |
| 4 mi | The Royal London Hospital A&E London · Barts Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2022 | Good2019 |
| 4.8 mi | King George Hospital A&E Ilford · Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | Requires improvement2023 | Requires improvement2023 |
| 5.3 mi | Moorfields Eye Hospital London · Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Outstanding2019 | — |
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.
80% of adults in the North East 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 Newham).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of North East London patients who did, 71% 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).
Newham’s residents are younger than London’s (7% are 65 or over, against 12%), which accounts for much of the difference. Adjusted for age, 124 report bad health for every 100 expected, more than the national rate.
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| Census 2021 | Newham | London | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 85% | 82% |
| Fair health | 11% | 10% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 12% | 13% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 5.6% | 5.8% | 7.4% |
London and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Newham’s Health Grade is 23rd of 37 UK towns of 246,000 to 474,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Newham, 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− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Greenwich London | 288,117 | 78.1 / 82.0 | 108 | C− |
| 22 | Plymouth Devon | 266,970 | 78.7 / 82.5 | 111 | C− |
| 23 | Newham London | 351,065 | 77.6 / 82.2 | 114 | C− |
| 24 | Tower Hamlets London | 311,072 | 77.7 / 81.7 | 105 | C− |
| 25 | Hackney London | 258,464 | 76.9 / 82.1 | 115 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | 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 Newham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newham | 351,065 | 77.6 / 82.2 | 0.7 mi | C− |
| Tower Hamlets | 311,072 | 77.7 / 81.7 | 0.9 mi | C− |
| Redbridge | 309,509 | 79.6 / 84.0 | 1.7 mi | C+ |
| Greenwich | 288,117 | 78.1 / 82.0 | 0.4 mi | C− |
| Barking and Dagenham | 218,236 | 76.9 / 81.1 | 2.4 mi | C− |
| Waltham Forest | 278,129 | 78.5 / 83.6 | 0.9 mi | C |
| Hackney | 258,464 | 76.9 / 82.1 | 0.9 mi | C− |
| City of London | 7,820 | 84.1 / 87.1 | 1.5 mi | A+ |
City of London, 5.5 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 84.1, 6.5 years longer than Newham’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 Barts Health 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 Newham.
- 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 Newham
How healthy is Newham?
Newham earns a C− for health, healthier than 19% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 23rd of 37 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 77.6 for men and 82.2 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 114 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Newham have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Plashet East (86.9), Beckton (82.3) and East Ham Central (79.6); the shortest is Mill Meads (72.8). For women, Forest Gate North is highest (85.8) and North Woolwich lowest (78.9). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at Newham University Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Barts Health NHS Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 59% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 61%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Newham?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 80% of adults in the North East 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 Newham do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, Dr Girija Kugapala (93% good overall), Abbey Road Medical Practice (91% good overall) and Dr Chandrakant Patel (90% good overall). Across all 43 Newham practices, 70% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Newham?
77.6 years for men and 82.2 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 61.6 of those years and women 60.9 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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