- GP practice
East Finchley Medical Centre
Assessment report published 13 July 2026
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of Assessment: 9 June 2026. East Finchley Medical Centre is a GP practice and delivers services to approximately 7,251 people under a contract held with NHS England. According to the latest available data, the ethnic make-up of the service area is approximately 67% White, 12.9% Asian, 6.53% Mixed, 6.09% Black and 7.52% Other. Information published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities shows deprivation within the service population group is in the 8th decile (8 of 10). The lower the decile, the more deprived the service population is relative to others.
This was a focused assessment. We undertook this assessment due to the length of time since our last assessment. We assessed 10 quality statements from across all 5 key questions. This assessment considered the demographics of the people using the service, the context the service was working within and how this impacted service delivery. Where relevant, further commentary is provided in the quality statements section of this report.
People's experience of this service
As part of our assessment, we reviewed feedback from people who used the service to understand their views and experience of the service. This included speaking with people using the service at the time of our assessment and reviewing other feedback available to us. People were positive about the quality of their care and treatment. They described how staff treated them with kindness and compassion and respected their privacy. Staff were described as helpful and supportive and the practice was described as exceptional. This was in line with the results of recent surveys of the 2025 National GP Patient Survey, which showed most people described their overall experience of the practice as good. The practice did not have an active patient participation group (PPG) at the time of our assessment; however, actions were being taken by leaders to re-establish the PPG through contacting and recruiting new members, with a meeting scheduled following our assessment for prospective members.