King Edwards Medical Centre

Updated 4 February 2026

King Edwards Medical Centre is a GP practice which delivers services to approximately 20,500 patients under a contract held with NHS England. King Edwards Medical Centre is located at 1 King Edwards Road, Barking and has a branch site at Thames View Medical Centre on Bastable Avenue, Barking.

The National General Practice Profiles states that the practice serves a diverse patient population with the ethnic make-up of the practice area as 25.7% Asian, 35.9% White, 29.7% Black, 5.1% Mixed, and 3.6% Other.

Information published by Office for Health Improvement and Disparities shows that deprivation within the practice population group is in the 3rd decile (3 of 10). The lower the decile, the more deprived the practice population is relative to others. 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.

We inspected and rated this service under our previous methodology in November 2022. The overall rating for the service was good with the key questions for the responsive domain rated as requires improvement.

In this assessment, we found people were involved in decisions about their care. The service provided information people could understand. People knew how to give feedback and were confident the service took it seriously and acted on it. People received fair and equal care and treatment. The service worked to reduce health and care inequalities through training and feedback. People were involved in planning their care and understood options around choosing to withdraw or not receive care.

Updated 4 February 2026

People provided mixed feedback about the quality of their care and treatment. Recent survey findings showed low scores in relation to telephone access to the practice but higher patient satisfaction in the experience received from healthcare and non-clinical staff. However, the practice’s own in-house patient survey, which mirrored the national survey questions, together with feedback from the NHS Friends and Family Test, were largely complimentary about the service. The practice also maintained an active Patient Participation Group (PPG) that represented the views of people using the service. We spoke to one member of the PPG who spoke positively about the practice and their access to the practice.