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Technology can help people to be responsible for their health from their own home rather than from hospital Arun Marsh

News, comment, blogposts and tweets across the sector, including coverage of the Health + Care conference Clare Horton Claire Burke Sarah Johnson

Families are the biggest providers of care, yet carers can find themselves cut out of decision-making and bounced between different bureaucracies Caring is a fact of life. Whether a partner falls ill, or a parent needs support as they grow older, or a child is born with a disability – it will affect us all at some point. At times like these, families pull together to support each other. But too often they find that the services there to support them don't do the same. If you care for someone and they need support, you don't really care whether it is the NHS, a local council or nearby mental...

Sponsored Q&A: how can higher education better prepare students for a patient-centered NHS? Join our panel of experts on Friday 17 May 12-2pm BST The inquiry into the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of patients at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust earlier this year, has left an unsettling nervousness around patient safety in the NHS. Between 400 and 1,200 patients are believed to have died between January 2005 and March 2009 as a result of poor care at the hospital. In response, a report by Robert Francis QC proposed 290 recommendations to improve patient safety and care, and combat what...

Everything a social landlord does has the potential to improve local health and wellbeing. How can housing demonstrate its worth? The security afforded by a permanent, affordable and pleasant place to live is so fundamental to our health and wellbeing that most of the time we don't even acknowledge it. When the peace, affordability or security of our home is threatened, the impact is damaging to our health and wellbeing. We need our homes to provide a place where we can manage poor health or long-term conditions, recover from illness, and be supported and cared for in a safe environment. Access...

Joseph Fox, who suffered a mini stroke when he was 17, took these photos to illustrate survivors' experiences.

Integrating housing, health and care services can have a positive impact on costs and outcomes but despite growing evidence, why aren't more organisations doing it? When Midland Heart set up stall at two health conferences last year, delegates were confused about why the housing association was there. "When we started to explain, the penny dropped," recalls Neil Tryner, Midland Heart 's head of business development. "Health is about housing as much as it is about doctors," he says. Evidence suggests that when housing and health professionals work together, it saves money...

Redefining care needs to save money is a worrying trend. This week our secret council officer shares their experience We all know that cash-strapped local authorities are making qualification for care funding ever more stringent, but what about one of their other duties: that of funding care and support of people with learning disabilities? I am writing this (anonymously for obvious reasons) at what would appear to be the starting point of a long battle to maintain the financial support of my sister, who has for many years been a resident in a West Country care home for those with learning disabilities...