Photo: Robert Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0Across Redbridge, life expectancy spans 10 years from one area to another
Inside the borough, men’s life expectancy runs from 74.8 in Ilford South West to 84.6 in Wanstead, 2.4 miles apart. Life expectancy is 79.6 for men and 84.0 for women. For 2019 to 2023, England’s figures are 79.1 and 83.0. Redbridge grades C+ for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #12 of 33 in London.
What stands out about health in Redbridge
A 10-year gap from one part of Redbridge to another
Men in Wanstead can expect to live to 84.6, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Ilford South West, 2.4 miles away, the figure is 74.8, and Ilford Central & East records 140 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 79.5 in Ilford South West to 87.3 in Wanstead. Neighbourhoods ↓
Patients rate Redbridge’s GP practices below England’s
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 67% of patients at Redbridge’s 41 practices called their overall experience good, against 77% across England, and 47% found it easy to get through by phone (57% in England). That is behind 89% of English towns. GP practices ↓
A&E waits run longer than England’s
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the A&E at King George Hospital, saw 56% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 75th of 117 trusts. 18% 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 Redbridge’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 Redbridge’s level of deprivation would suggest
27% of Redbridge’s residents are income-deprived. Across England’s towns that predicts men’s life expectancy of 77.9; Redbridge’s is 79.6. 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.
Redbridge grades C+ for health
Healthier than 42% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
What holds the grade back: child obesity and women’s years in good health (better than 16% and 26% of UK towns). What lifts it: disability (87%) and women’s life expectancy (52%). Among the 40 UK towns of 217,000 to 418,000 people, Redbridge’s Health Grade is the 5th 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 Redbridge runs from 74.8 to 84.6
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Redbridge’s 32 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation closely: Loxford Park, where 49% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 75.8. Ilford Central & East has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (140 per 100 expected), against 60 in Wanstead.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanstead | 84.6 | 87.3 | 60 | 80 | 15% | 10% |
| Clayhall South | 83.0 | 85.4 | 66 | 81 | 22% | 16% |
| Woodford Green | 82.5 | 84.2 | 67 | 87 | 20% | 20% |
| South Woodford High Road | 82.4 | 86.0 | 66 | 76 | 16% | 14% |
| Woodford Wells | 82.1 | 86.7 | 67 | 76 | 21% | 9.7% |
| Barkingside East | 81.4 | 85.5 | 75 | 76 | 21% | 24% |
| Roding | 81.3 | 83.9 | 81 | 85 | 24% | 21% |
| Aldborough Hatch | 81.3 | 84.1 | 82 | 83 | 25% | 24% |
| Barkingside West | 81.1 | 86.0 | 77 | 80 | 24% | 19% |
| Woodford Bridge | 80.8 | 85.7 | 85 | 86 | 24% | 21% |
| Ley Street | 80.3 | 86.1 | 97 | 83 | 28% | 29% |
| Snaresbrook | 80.2 | 84.8 | 90 | 88 | 19% | 13% |
| Fairlop | 80.1 | 84.7 | 86 | 81 | 24% | 22% |
| Clayhall North | 80.0 | 84.9 | 83 | 89 | 22% | 23% |
| South Park | 79.9 | 85.3 | 87 | 84 | 26% | 28% |
| Seven Kings Meads Lane | 79.8 | 83.6 | 102 | 96 | 27% | 33% |
| Chadwell Heath North West | 79.6 | 82.2 | 81 | — | 23% | 27% |
| Barkingside North | 79.5 | 82.8 | 103 | 90 | 25% | 31% |
| Goodmayes South | 79.5 | 80.8 | 98 | 92 | 31% | 35% |
| Wanstead Flats | 79.2 | 86.4 | 76 | 93 | 14% | 18% |
| Hainault West | 79.1 | 82.5 | 93 | 87 | 22% | 29% |
| Valentines Park & Cranbrook | 78.7 | 83.1 | 96 | 88 | 26% | 25% |
| Seven Kings Park | 78.4 | 86.5 | 93 | 86 | 24% | 31% |
| Ilford Central & East | 78.3 | 81.3 | 140 | — | 29% | 44% |
| Ilford South East | 77.9 | 84.3 | 88 | — | 28% | 43% |
| Newbury Park | 77.3 | 81.4 | 99 | 89 | 27% | 25% |
| Goodmayes North | 76.9 | 85.0 | 108 | 83 | 26% | 33% |
| Chadwell Heath South West | 76.5 | 82.0 | 123 | — | 26% | 35% |
| Hainault East | 76.2 | 81.9 | 126 | 97 | 26% | 31% |
| Loxford Park | 75.8 | 83.9 | 110 | 93 | 29% | 49% |
| Ilford North West | 75.7 | 83.6 | 136 | 96 | 29% | 49% |
| Ilford South West | 74.8 | 79.5 | 114 | 101 | 27% | 47% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Ilford South West’s men’s life expectancy is 74.8 with a 95% range of 73.1 to 76.4. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Redbridge; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
67% of patients rate Redbridge’s 41 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 34th of 38 English towns of 217,000 to 418,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glebelands Practice E18 2AB · 5,167 adult patients | 97% good · range 92%–99% | 91% | 82% | Good2016 |
| The Elmhurst Practice E18 2QS · 3,850 adult patients | 94% good · range 91%–96% | 73% | 80% | Good2017 |
| Dr Philip Soares IG5 0QS · 2,798 adult patients | 90% good · range 87%–92% | 88% | 69% | Good2017 |
| The Evergreen Surgery E11 2AQ · 8,514 adult patients | 90% good · range 81%–95% | 49% | 83% | Good2016 |
| York Road Surgery IG1 3AF · 6,615 adult patients | 88% good · range 81%–93% | 64% | 85% | Good2026 |
| Queen Mary Practice E18 2QS · 4,871 adult patients | 88% good · range 82%–92% | 66% | 77% | Good2018 |
| Aldersbrook Medical Centre E12 5DL · 3,836 adult patients | 87% good · range 85%–89% | 64% | 88% | Good2024 |
| Kenwood Medical Centre IG2 6YG · 5,543 adult patients | 87% good · range 80%–91% | 76% | 76% | Good2019 |
| Cranbrook Surgery IG2 6RJ · 4,831 adult patients | 86% good · range 80%–90% | 75% | 69% | Good2021 |
| The Forest Edge Practice IG7 4DF · 10,645 adult patients | 85% good · range 64%–94% | 67% | 69% | Good2016 |
| Rydal Group Practice IG8 9QJ · 7,948 adult patients | 84% good · range 73%–91% | 68% | 89% | Good2017 |
| The Shrubberies Medical Centre E18 1BD · 6,541 adult patients | 82% good · range 73%–88% | 65% | 55% | Good2026 |
| The Willows Medical Practice IG7 4DF · 6,458 adult patients | 79% good · range 70%–86% | 57% | 79% | Good2025 |
| Clayhall Group Practice IG5 0LG · 8,891 adult patients | 78% good · range 63%–89% | 86% | 72% | Good2020 |
| Dr Avinash Suri IG6 2XG · 2,929 adult patients | 78% good · range 73%–82% | 60% | 77% | Good2023 |
| Southdene Surgery E18 1BD · 6,073 adult patients | 78% good · range 69%–84% | 63% | 71% | Good2018 |
| The Fullwell Avenue Surgery IG5 0SB · 2,485 adult patients | 78% good · range 74%–81% | 87% | 80% | Good2026 |
| Wanstead Place Surgery E11 2SW · 7,211 adult patients | 74% good · range 65%–82% | 55% | 76% | Good2017 |
| Dr Harjit Singh IG1 4JY · 5,312 adult patients | 73% good · range 63%–81% | 30% | 50% | Good2017 |
| Dr Winston Solomon IG1 4LA · 3,688 adult patients | 68% good · range 63%–74% | 48% | 68% | Good2017 |
| Chigwell Medical Centre IG6 2TA · 7,109 adult patients | 68% good · range 53%–81% | 54% | 88% | Good2018 |
| Eastern Avenue Medical Centre IG2 6RJ · 5,190 adult patients | 67% good · range 62%–71% | 34% | 49% | Good2022 |
| Balfour Road Surgery IG1 4JE · 4,634 adult patients | 66% good · range 57%–73% | 35% | 62% | Good2018 |
| Fencepiece Road Medical Centre IG6 2NB · 5,236 adult patients | 64% good · range 52%–74% | 59% | 70% | Good2018 |
| The Palms Medical Centre IG2 7NW · 5,977 adult patients | 63% good · range 50%–75% | 36% | 48% | Good2026 |
| Ilford Medical Centre IG1 1EE · 12,491 adult patients | 62% good · range 43%–78% | 46% | 54% | Good2016 |
| Gants Hill Medical Centre IG2 6UW · 12,485 adult patients | 61% good · range 44%–76% | 26% | 45% | Good2025 |
| Dr Samraa El Obaidi and Dr Maheen Shahid IG3 8LF · 6,571 adult patients | 60% good · range 48%–71% | 21% | 70% | Good2017 |
| Fullwell Cross Medical Centre IG6 2HG · 13,136 adult patients | 60% good · range 35%–81% | 32% | 77% | Good2018 |
| The Drive Surgery IG1 3HZ · 5,401 adult patients | 60% good · range 51%–68% | 48% | 76% | Good2026 |
The 30 highest-rated of 41 practices shown.
Glebelands Practice has the borough’s highest rating (97%). The Loxford Practice is by far the largest, with 24,837 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 Redbridge when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals saw 56% 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: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust runs the A&E at King George Hospital, the nearest to Redbridge (1.7 mi).
The share seen within four hours rose from an average of 57% in April 2025 to September 2025 to 60% in the latest six months; England’s was 62%. Long waits for a bed are commoner than at 70% of trusts: 8,806 patients in 12 months, 18% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for King George Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2023), the hospital overall requires improvement (2023).
London trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 mi | King George Hospital A&E Ilford · Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | Requires improvement2023 | Requires improvement2023 |
| 2.9 mi | Barking Community Hospital Barking · Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 3.1 mi | Whipps Cross University Hospital A&E London · Barts Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Not rated |
| 4.2 mi | Newham University Hospital A&E London · Barts Health NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 4.6 mi | Queen's Hospital A&E Romford · Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Requires improvement2023 |
| 5.5 mi | Homerton University Hospital A&E London · Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Outstanding2023 | Outstanding2018 |
| 6.7 mi | The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Enfield Musculoskeletal Community Health Hub) London · Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 6.8 mi | North Middlesex University Hospital A&E London · Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2025 | 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.
Men’s life expectancy in Redbridge is 1.7 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.
27% of Redbridge’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 77.9 years for men; Redbridge’s is 79.6. For women it predicts 82.0, and Redbridge’s 84.0 is 2.0 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 Redbridge
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.
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 Redbridge).
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).
Adjusted for age, 92 report bad health for every 100 expected, fewer than the national rate.
Show as a table
| Census 2021 | Redbridge | London | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 85% | 82% |
| Fair health | 11% | 10% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 12% | 13% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 5.3% | 5.8% | 7.4% |
London and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Redbridge’s Health Grade is 5th of 40 UK towns of 217,000 to 418,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Redbridge, 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− |
| 4 | Wandsworth London | 326,725 | 79.8 / 84.5 | 85 | B− |
| 5 | Redbridge London | 309,509 | 79.6 / 84.0 | 91 | C+ |
| 6 | Bexley London | 246,074 | 79.8 / 83.5 | 92 | C+ |
| 7 | Havering London | 259,401 | 79.4 / 83.3 | 97 | C+ |
| 8 | Hillingdon London | 307,089 | 79.1 / 83.9 | 97 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | 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 Redbridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge | 309,509 | 79.6 / 84.0 | 1.7 mi | C+ |
| Chigwell | 12,251 | 80.3 / 84.9 | 2.6 mi | B+ |
| Barking and Dagenham | 218,236 | 76.9 / 81.1 | 2.4 mi | C− |
| Chigwell Row | 2,115 | 80.7 / 87.7 | 2.8 mi | B+ |
| Buckhurst Hill | 11,749 | 79.7 / 84.5 | 3.6 mi | A− |
| Newham | 351,065 | 77.6 / 82.2 | 0.7 mi | C− |
| Waltham Forest | 278,129 | 78.5 / 83.6 | 0.9 mi | C |
| Loughton | 33,338 | 80.3 / 84.8 | 5 mi | B |
Barking and Dagenham, 3.1 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 76.9, 2.7 years shorter than Redbridge’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 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals 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 Redbridge.
- 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 Redbridge
How healthy is Redbridge?
Redbridge earns a C+ for health, healthier than 42% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 5th of 40 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 79.6 for men and 84.0 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 91 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Redbridge have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Wanstead (84.6), Clayhall South (83.0) and Woodford Green (82.5); the shortest is Ilford South West (74.8). For women, Wanstead is highest (87.3) and Ilford South West lowest (79.5). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at King George Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 56% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 63%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Redbridge?
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 Redbridge do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, Glebelands Practice (97% good overall), The Elmhurst Practice (94% good overall) and Dr Philip Soares (90% good overall). Across all 41 Redbridge practices, 67% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Redbridge?
79.6 years for men and 84.0 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 65.9 of those years and women 65.9 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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