Photo: Tony Hisgett · CC BY 2.0Lives in Tipton run shorter than in 96% of UK towns: 74.5 for men and 79.2 for women
Across England the figures for 2019 to 2023 are 79.1 and 83.0. Tipton grades D− for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #33 of 35 in West Midlands.
What stands out about health in Tipton
Patients rate Tipton’s GP practices below England’s
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 58% of patients at Tipton’s 5 practices called their overall experience good, against 77% across England, and 35% found it easy to get through by phone (57% in England). That is behind 97% of English towns. GP practices ↓
More A&E patients are seen within four hours than across England
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the A&E at Russells Hall Hospital, saw 69% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 19th of 117 trusts. 4.4% 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 Tipton’s children are obese
32% 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 100% of UK towns. Health Grade ↓
NHS dentists are easier to get than in most of England
Of adults in the Black Country area who tried to get an NHS dental appointment in the last two years, 86% succeeded, 5th highest of 36; across England it was 82%. Dentists ↓
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.
Tipton grades D− for health
Healthier than 3% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
Behind the typical UK town on every measure. Even its strongest, disability and Census bad health, are in the bottom 20% of UK towns; child obesity and deaths under 75 are furthest behind.
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.
58% of patients rate Tipton’s 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glebefields Surgery DY4 0SN · 3,053 adult patients | 88% good · range 83%–92% | 80% | 96% | Good2017 |
| The Victoria Surgery DY4 8SS · 3,324 adult patients | 71% good · range 64%–77% | 69% | 69% | Good2026 |
| Drs Oram, Walton, Hynes & Dutton DY4 7QU · 9,005 adult patients | 65% good · range 47%–80% | 33% | 51% | Good2018 |
| Black Country Family Practice DY4 8PX · 10,759 adult patients | 49% good · range 32%–67% | 23% | 42% | Good2025 |
| Swanpool Medical Centre DY4 0SZ · 6,721 adult patients | 45% good · range 33%–57% | 18% | 21% | Good2022 |
Glebefields Surgery has the town’s highest rating (88%). 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 Tipton when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Dudley Group 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: the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust runs the A&E at Russells Hall Hospital, the nearest to Tipton (3.4 mi).
The share seen within four hours rose from an average of 69% in April 2025 to September 2025 to 71% in the latest six months; England’s was 62%. Long waits for a bed are rarer than at 74% of trusts: 1,830 patients in 12 months, 4.4% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Russells Hall Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2023), the hospital overall requires improvement (2023).
Midlands trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 mi | Guest Hospital Dudley · The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 3.4 mi | Russells Hall Hospital A&E Dudley · The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2023 | Requires improvement2023 |
| 3.6 mi | Rowley Regis Hospital Rowley Regis · Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 4.1 mi | Manor Hospital A&E Walsall · Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2024 |
| 4.9 mi | New Cross Hospital A&E Wolverhampton · The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 5.3 mi | Midland Metropolitan University Hospital A&E Smethwick · Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | Not rated | Good2026 |
| 6.2 mi | Corbett Hospital Stourbridge · The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | Inadequate2019 | — |
| 7.3 mi | Birmingham Women's Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | Good2023 | — |
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.
86% of adults in the Black Country 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 Tipton).
Black Country has the 5th highest of England’s 36 health areas; across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of Black Country patients who did, 77% 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.
Men’s life expectancy across Tipton runs from 73.3 to 76.3
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Tipton’s 4 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
Tibbington has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (179 per 100 expected), against 136 in Great Bridge & Dudley Port.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bridge & Dudley Port | 76.3 | 79.8 | 136 | 123 | 30% | 32% |
| Ocker Hill | 74.5 | 79.6 | 162 | 136 | 39% | 50% |
| Tibbington | 73.8 | 78.0 | 179 | 134 | 33% | 49% |
| Tipton | 73.3 | 77.7 | 179 | 132 | 28% | 41% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Tipton’s men’s life expectancy is 73.3 with a 95% range of 71.7 to 75.0. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Tipton; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
Men’s life expectancy in Tipton is 0.7 years below 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.
40% of Tipton’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 75.2 years for men; Tipton’s is 74.5. For women it predicts 79.7, and Tipton’s 79.2 is 0.5 years below.
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 Tipton
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.
78% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Adjusted for age, 159 report bad health for every 100 expected, more than the national rate.
Show as a table
| Census 2021 | Tipton | West Midlands | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 80% | 82% |
| Fair health | 15% | 14% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.3% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 9.5% | 8.1% | 7.4% |
West Midlands and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
How Tipton compares with UK towns of 33,000 to 64,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Tipton, and others in West Midlands. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleet Hampshire | 37,800 | 83.3 / 85.7 | 58 | A+ |
| 2 | Wokingham Berkshire | 50,320 | 82.7 / 86.1 | 67 | A+ |
| 3 | West Molesey Surrey | 47,144 | 82.5 / 86.3 | 63 | A |
| … | |||||
| 58 | Halesowen West Midlands | 60,103 | 80.0 / 83.9 | 98 | C |
| 59 | Stourbridge West Midlands | 56,961 | 79.1 / 83.7 | 97 | C |
| … | |||||
| 64 | Kingswinford West Midlands | 51,900 | 79.8 / 82.6 | 93 | C |
| … | |||||
| 166 | Huyton with Roby Merseyside | 59,844 | 76.3 / 79.8 | 141 | D− |
| 167 | Bilston West Midlands | 34,631 | 75.1 / 79.9 | 150 | D− |
| 168 | Tipton West Midlands | 47,202 | 74.5 / 79.2 | 155 | D− |
| 169 | Falkirk Falkirk | 34,637 | 73.8 / 78.1 | — | D− |
| 170 | Bloxwich West Midlands | 51,891 | 75.5 / 78.8 | 157 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 177 | Greenock Inverclyde | 42,870 | 73.5 / 78.2 | — | 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 Tipton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton | 47,202 | 74.5 / 79.2 | 3.4 mi | D− |
| Coseley | 25,206 | 78.0 / 82.0 | 2.8 mi | D |
| Bilston | 34,631 | 75.1 / 79.9 | 2.7 mi | D− |
| Rowley Regis | 39,052 | 76.9 / 81.1 | 3.1 mi | D |
| Darlaston | 21,541 | 75.1 / 78.8 | 1.9 mi | D− |
| Wednesbury | 20,321 | 74.6 / 80.1 | 1.8 mi | D− |
| Dudley | 64,277 | 75.7 / 80.1 | 1.1 mi | D |
| Sedgley | 31,976 | 79.5 / 83.9 | 1.9 mi | C |
Sedgley, 2.9 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 79.5, 5.0 years longer than Tipton’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 the Dudley Group 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 Tipton.
- 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 Tipton
How healthy is Tipton?
Tipton earns a D− for health, healthier than 3% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age. Life expectancy is 74.5 for men and 79.2 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 155 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
How long are A&E waits at Russells Hall Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, the Dudley Group 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 73%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Tipton?
It is easier than in most of England. In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 86% of adults in the Black Country 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 Tipton do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, Glebefields Surgery (88% good overall), The Victoria Surgery (71% good overall) and Drs Oram, Walton, Hynes & Dutton (65% good overall). Across all 5 Tipton practices, 58% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Tipton?
74.5 years for men and 79.2 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 57.8 of those years and women 58.4 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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