Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Life expectancy in Normanton trails the figure across England: 78.0 for men and 81.7 for women
Across England the figures for 2019 to 2023 are 79.1 and 83.0. Normanton grades C− for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #68 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
What stands out about health in Normanton
More of Normanton’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 83% of UK towns. Health Grade ↓
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.
Normanton grades C− for health
Healthier than 18% 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 30% of UK towns; women’s years in good health and men’s years in good health are furthest behind. Among the 338 UK towns of 15,000 to 30,000 people, Normanton’s Health Grade is the 233rd 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 Normanton runs from 73.9 to 81.3
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Normanton’s 3 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
Normanton West has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (148 per 100 expected), against 77 in Normanton East.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanton East | 81.3 | 83.7 | 77 | 98 | 23% | 17% |
| Altofts | 80.2 | 82.9 | 82 | 96 | 19% | 13% |
| Normanton West | 73.9 | 79.5 | 148 | 121 | 28% | 34% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Normanton West’s men’s life expectancy is 73.9 with a 95% range of 72.0 to 75.7. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Normanton; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
Men’s life expectancy in Normanton is 0.9 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.
23% of Normanton’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 78.9 years for men; Normanton’s is 78.0. For women it predicts 82.8, and Normanton’s 81.7 is 1.1 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 Normanton
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.
Mid Yorkshire Teaching saw 62% 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: Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust runs the A&E at Pinderfields Hospital, the nearest to Normanton (2.9 mi).
The share seen within four hours has held near 62% over 18 months. Long waits for a bed are rarer than at 56% of trusts: 4,558 patients in 12 months, 11% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Pinderfields Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2024), the hospital overall requires improvement (2024).
North East and Yorkshire trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 mi | Pinderfields Hospital A&E Wakefield · Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Requires improvement2024 | Requires improvement2024 |
| 4.5 mi | Pontefract Hospital Pontefract · Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Requires improvement2022 | — |
| 7.8 mi | Seacroft Hospital Leeds · Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 8.6 mi | St James's University Hospital A&E Leeds · Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Requires improvement2019 |
| 9 mi | Leeds General Infirmary A&E Leeds · Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Good2019 |
| 9.6 mi | Dewsbury and District Hospital A&E Dewsbury · Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | Requires improvement2024 | Requires improvement2024 |
| 9.7 mi | Chapel Allerton Hospital Leeds · Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Good2019 | — |
| 10 mi | Barnsley Hospital A&E Barnsley · Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Good2023 | Good2018 |
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.
77% of patients rate Normanton’s 3 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 165th of 278 English towns of 15,000 to 30,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr R Gupta & Dr H Parikh WF6 1QD · 4,501 adult patients | 96% good · range 92%–98% | 84% | 91% | Good2016 |
| Patience Lane Surgery WF6 2JZ · 2,952 adult patients | 83% good · range 78%–87% | 80% | 86% | Good2024 |
| King's Medical Practice WF6 2AZ · 11,982 adult patients | 69% good · range 51%–82% | 40% | 58% | Good2016 |
Dr R Gupta & Dr H Parikh has the town’s highest rating (96%). 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 Normanton when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
81% of adults in the West Yorkshire 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 Normanton).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of West Yorkshire patients who did, 73% 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.
79% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Adjusted for age, 111 report bad health for every 100 expected, more than the national rate.
Show as a table
| Census 2021 | Normanton | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 81% | 82% |
| Fair health | 15% | 13% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 8.6% | 7.8% | 7.4% |
West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Normanton’s Health Grade is 233rd of 338 UK towns of 15,000 to 30,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Normanton, and others in West Yorkshire. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hale Greater Manchester | 16,716 | 83.3 / 86.4 | 58 | A+ |
| 2 | Amersham Buckinghamshire | 17,377 | 83.1 / 86.5 | 60 | A+ |
| 3 | Great Bookham and Fetcham Surrey | 21,655 | 83.4 / 87.3 | 58 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 73 | Garforth West Yorkshire | 15,148 | 80.5 / 85.3 | 76 | B |
| … | |||||
| 84 | Baildon West Yorkshire | 17,056 | 80.7 / 84.3 | 84 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 113 | Bingley West Yorkshire | 21,334 | 79.5 / 84.0 | 90 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 231 | Coalville Leicestershire | 21,975 | 78.3 / 81.6 | 114 | C− |
| 232 | Goole East Riding of Yorkshire | 20,173 | 77.1 / 80.4 | 132 | C− |
| 233 | Normanton West Yorkshire | 21,976 | 78.0 / 81.7 | 107 | C− |
| 234 | Prestatyn Clwyd | 16,678 | — | — | C− |
| 235 | Kidsgrove Staffordshire | 15,598 | 79.1 / 81.7 | 109 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 338 | Bellshill North Lanarkshire | 19,488 | 73.1 / 77.9 | — | 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 Normanton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanton | 21,976 | 78.0 / 81.7 | 2.9 mi | C− |
| Streethouse | 1,691 | 76.6 / 79.4 | 3.7 mi | D |
| Sharlston | 2,163 | 76.9 / 79.9 | 3.5 mi | D |
| Methley | 1,196 | 77.6 / 80.7 | 4.3 mi | C− |
| Bottom Boat | 1,191 | 78.4 / 83.9 | 2.3 mi | C |
| Mickletown | 3,362 | 77.6 / 80.7 | 4.8 mi | C− |
| Featherstone | 11,657 | 77.1 / 80.7 | 5.5 mi | D |
| Crofton | 6,127 | 79.8 / 84.5 | 3.5 mi | C+ |
Crofton, 2.9 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 79.8, 1.8 years longer than Normanton’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 Mid Yorkshire Teaching 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 Normanton.
- 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 Normanton
How healthy is Normanton?
Normanton earns a C− for health, healthier than 18% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 233rd of 338 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 78.0 for men and 81.7 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 107 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
How long are A&E waits at Pinderfields Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 62% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 59%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Normanton?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 81% of adults in the West Yorkshire 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 Normanton do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, Dr R Gupta & Dr H Parikh (96% good overall), Patience Lane Surgery (83% good overall) and King's Medical Practice (69% good overall). Across all 3 Normanton practices, 77% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Normanton?
78.0 years for men and 81.7 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 62.6 of those years and women 63.1 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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