GP practices in North East London: access, ratings and patient survey
North East London covers 261 GP practices with 2,429,137 registered patients (September 2026). 71% of patients described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 36th highest of 36 ICBs (England: 77%). There are 2,551 patients per qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
Latest data: September 2026. Registered patients September 2026; GP Patient Survey 2026.
Results across North East London from 25,914 responses, against England.
| Survey question | North East London | England |
|---|---|---|
| Overall experience good | 71% | 77% |
| Easy to contact by phone | 55% | 57% |
| Easy to contact via the website | 53% | 58% |
| Easy to contact via the NHS App | 50% | 54% |
| Reception team helpful | 79% | 85% |
| Last contact good | 67% | 73% |
| Wait for appointment about right | 62% | 69% |
| Listened to well | 83% | 87% |
| Treated with care and concern | 82% | 86% |
| Confidence and trust in the clinician | 91% | 93% |
| Needs met | 87% | 90% |
There are 2,551 registered patients per full-time-equivalent qualified GP in North East London, more than England's 2,171. Practices recorded 456 appointments a month per 1,000 patients (England: 510), 58% of them face to face. 46% of appointments took place on the day they were booked (England: 45%).
10% of registered patients are aged 65 or over (England: 19%). Lists shrank by 2.2% over the year (England: shrank 1.1%).
| Measure | North East London | England |
|---|---|---|
| Patients per qualified GP | 2,551 | 2,171 |
| Appointments per 1,000 patients a month | 456 | 510 |
| Face-to-face appointments | 58% | 63% |
| Same day as booked | 46% | 45% |
| Did not attend | 7% | 4% |
| Patients aged 65 or over | 10% | 19% |
Patients per qualified GP by council area, for practices located in each.
| Council area | Practices | Registered patients | Patients per GP | Same-day appointments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge | 41 | 366,500 | 3,105 | 51% |
| Newham | 43 | 460,302 | 2,904 | 40% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 35 | 273,244 | 2,810 | 46% |
| Havering | 36 | 281,431 | 2,773 | 40% |
| Waltham Forest | 39 | 323,846 | 2,748 | 47% |
| Tower Hamlets | 30 | 384,877 | 2,296 | 44% |
| Lewisham | 30 | 349,687 | 2,267 | 36% |
| City of London | 1 | 9,521 | 1,812 | 57% |
| Hackney | 37 | 345,460 | 1,785 | 55% |
Among practices with at least 100 survey responses, Glebelands Practice has the highest share of patients rating their overall experience good (97%) and Highfields Medical Centre the lowest (41%).
| Practice | Town | Overall experience good | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glebelands Practice | London | 97% | 104 |
| The Elmhurst Practice | London | 94% | 117 |
| Dr Girija Kugapala | London | 93% | 103 |
| The Lea Surgery | London | 93% | 111 |
| The Wick Health Centre | London | 92% | 122 |
| Dr Poonam Chand Sharma | London | 92% | 105 |
| Cranham Village Surgery | Upminster | 92% | 111 |
| Dr Sarit Patel | London | 91% | 121 |
| The Evergreen Surgery | London | 90% | 113 |
| Somerford Grove Practice | London | 89% | 114 |
| The Penrhyn Surgery | London | 57% | 106 |
| The Ecclesbourne Practice | London | 56% | 103 |
| Island Health | London | 55% | 130 |
| The Greenwood Practice | Romford | 54% | 126 |
| St Albans Surgery | Dagenham | 53% | 103 |
| Market Street Health Group | London | 51% | 101 |
| The Broadway Surgery | Woodford Green | 50% | 114 |
| Grove Surgery | Romford | 47% | 100 |
| Chadwell Heath Surgery | Romford | 46% | 123 |
| Highfields Medical Centre | Leicester | 41% | 106 |
Relative to England, the register furthest above England's rate at practices in North East London is serious mental illness (1.1% against 1.0%), and the furthest below is osteoporosis (0.4% against 1.2%).
| Condition register | Age group | North East London (2024/25) | England | Patients on register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | All ages | 10.9% | 15.2% | 268,866 |
| Depression | 18+ yrs | 10.1% | 14.3% | 198,675 |
| Diabetes | 17+ yrs | 8.4% | 7.9% | 168,115 |
| Asthma | 6+ yrs | 4.8% | 6.6% | 111,790 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 18+ yrs | 3.6% | 4.6% | 71,135 |
| Cancer | All ages | 2.1% | 3.8% | 52,547 |
| Coronary heart disease | All ages | 1.8% | 3.0% | 44,490 |
| Serious mental illness | All ages | 1.1% | 1.0% | 27,924 |
| Stroke and TIA | All ages | 1.0% | 1.9% | 24,947 |
| COPD | All ages | 1.0% | 1.9% | 23,852 |
| Atrial fibrillation | All ages | 0.9% | 2.2% | 23,162 |
| Heart failure | All ages | 0.6% | 1.1% | 14,633 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 16+ yrs | 0.6% | 0.8% | 11,358 |
| Epilepsy | 18+ yrs | 0.5% | 0.8% | 9,993 |
| Learning disability | All ages | 0.5% | 0.6% | 11,719 |
| Osteoporosis | 50+ yrs | 0.4% | 1.2% | 2,623 |
| Palliative care | All ages | 0.4% | 0.6% | 9,122 |
| Dementia | All ages | 0.4% | 0.8% | 8,929 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | All ages | 0.3% | 0.6% | 6,442 |
- Barking & Dagenham Central PCN (3 practices)
- Barking & Dagenham East One PCN (6 practices)
- Barking & Dagenham East PCN (3 practices)
- Barking & Dagenham New West PCN (5 practices)
- Barking & Dagenham North PCN (7 practices)
- Barking & Dagenham West PCN (7 practices)
- Bromley by Bow and Stepney Health CIC PCN (3 practices)
- Clissold Park PCN (4 practices)
- Cranbrook PCN (6 practices)
- Docklands PCN (3 practices)
- E4 Network PCN (5 practices)
- Fairlop PCN (8 practices)
- Hackney Downs PCN (5 practices)
- Hackney Marshes PCN (5 practices)
- Havering Crest PCN (6 practices)
- Havering Liberty PCN (5 practices)
- Havering Marshall PCN (4 practices)
- Havering North PCN (14 practices)
- Havering South PCN (11 practices)
- London Fields PCN (6 practices)
- Loxford PCN (5 practices)
- New Cross Alliance PCN (3 practices)
- Newham Central 1 PCN (7 practices)
- Newham Central PCN (4 practices)
- Newham North East 1 PCN (6 practices)
- Newham North East 2 PCN (5 practices)
- Newham North West 2 PCN (5 practices)
- North Newham PCN (3 practices)
- Seven Kings PCN (7 practices)
- Shoreditch Park PCN (5 practices)
- South One Newham PCN (3 practices)
- Springfield Park PCN (3 practices)
- Stratford PCN (7 practices)
- Tower Hamlets Network 1 PCN (4 practices)
- Tower Hamlets Network 2 PCN (4 practices)
- Tower Hamlets Network 5 PCN (5 practices)
- Tower Hamlets Network 7 PCN (4 practices)
- Tower Hamlets Network 8 PCN (4 practices)
- Tower Network PCN (6 practices)
- Waltham Forest 8 PCN (8 practices)
- Waltham Forest Integrated Health PCN (7 practices)
- Waltham Forest Leyton Collaborative PCN (3 practices)
- Waltham Forest South Leytonstone PCN (6 practices)
- Waltham Forest Walthamstow Central PCN (5 practices)
- Waltham Forest Walthamstow West PCN (5 practices)
- Wanstead and Woodford PCN (10 practices)
- Well Street Common PCN (5 practices)
- Woodberry Wetlands PCN (4 practices)
- Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (81% overall experience good)
- Birmingham and Solihull (73% overall experience good)
- Black Country (74% overall experience good)
- Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (78% overall experience good)
- Central East (75% overall experience good)
- Cheshire and Merseyside (78% overall experience good)
- Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (79% overall experience good)
- Coventry and Warwickshire (81% overall experience good)
- Derby and Derbyshire (76% overall experience good)
- Devon (79% overall experience good)
- Dorset (80% overall experience good)
- Essex (74% overall experience good)
- Gloucestershire (81% overall experience good)
- Greater Manchester (79% overall experience good)
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight (74% overall experience good)
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire (80% overall experience good)
- Humber and North Yorkshire (79% overall experience good)
- Kent and Medway (73% overall experience good)
- Lancashire and South Cumbria (78% overall experience good)
- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (73% overall experience good)
- Lincolnshire (74% overall experience good)
- Norfolk and Suffolk (80% overall experience good)
- North East and North Cumbria (80% overall experience good)
- Northamptonshire (74% overall experience good)
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (74% overall experience good)
- Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (77% overall experience good)
- Somerset (79% overall experience good)
- South East London (76% overall experience good)
- South West London (81% overall experience good)
- South Yorkshire (77% overall experience good)
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (80% overall experience good)
- Surrey and Sussex (78% overall experience good)
- Thames Valley (76% overall experience good)
- West Yorkshire (76% overall experience good)
- West and North London (75% overall experience good)
How many GP practices are in North East London?
261, with 2,429,137 registered patients in September 2026.
How do patients rate GP practices in North East London?
71% described their overall experience as good in the 2026 GP Patient Survey, the 36th highest of 36 ICBs.
How many patients are there per GP in North East London?
2,551 per full-time-equivalent qualified GP, against 2,171 across England.
What share of GP appointments in North East London are face to face?
58%, against 63% across England.