The zones for high cost area payments are defined as inner London, outer London and fringe areas. These zones are based on the 2005
PCT geographical boundaries as set out below.
Table 12: Inner London
| SHAs |
PCTs within SHAs |
| NW London SHA |
Hammersmith & Fulham PCT
Kensington & Chelsea PCT
Westminster PCT |
| North Central London SHA |
Camden PCT
Islington PCT |
| NE London SHA |
City & Hackney PCT
Tower Hamlets PCT |
| SE London SHA |
Lambeth PCT
Lewisham PCT
Southwark PCT |
| SW London SHA |
Wandsworth PCT |
Table 13: Outer London
| SHAs |
PCTs within SHAs |
NW London SHA
|
Brent PCT
Ealing PCT
Harrow PCT
Hillingdon PCT
Hounslow PCT |
| North Central London SHA |
Barnet PCT
Enfield PCT
Haringey PCT |
| NE London SHA |
Barking & Dagenham PCT
Havering PCT
Newham PCT
Redbridge PCT
Waltham Forrest PCT |
| SE London SHA |
Bexley PCT
Bromley PCT
Greenwich PCT |
| S W London SHA |
Croydon PCT
Kingston PCT
Richmond & Twickenham PCT
Sutton & Merton PCT |
Table 14: Fringe area
| SHAs |
PCTs within SHAs |
| Kent & Medway SHA |
Dartford, Gravesham & Swanley PCT |
| Essex SHA |
Basildon PCT
Billericay, Brentwood & Wickford PCT
Epping Forrest PCT
Harlow PCT
Thurrock PCT |
| Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire SHA |
Dacorum PCT
Hertsmere PCT
Royston, Buntingford & Bishop Stortford PCT
South East Hertfordshire PCT
St Albans & Harpendon PCT
Watford & Three Rivers PCT
Welwyn, Hatfield PCT |
| Thames Valley SHA |
Bracknell Forrest PCT
Slough PCT
Windsor, Ascot & Maidenhead PCT
Wokingham PCT |
| Surrey & Sussex SHA |
East Elmbridge & Mid Surrey PCT
East Surrey PCT
Guildford & Waverley PCT
North Surrey PCT
Surrey Heath and Woking PCT |
Pay circular (AforC) 3/2013: amendment number 29