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Community care plans and the Mental Illness Specific Grant

Recent government policy and legislation

Southwark Social Services, Mabel Goldwin House, 49 Grange Walk, London SE1 3DY

Sara Davies, Clinical Research Worker and Honorary Senior Registrar

PRiSM (Psychiatric Research in Service Measurement), Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF

^* Correspondence

Mental Illness Specific Grant was made available to local authorities for the care of people with severe mental illness, as part of care in the community. Although only a small sum of money it has had the effect of giving the newly created community care planning system a boost start. It has enabled professionals from all agencies to see tangible benefits from collaborative working. MISG is time limited but has already shown that health and social services can work together to make a reality of community care.