Give community nurses resources they deserve

ON behalf of the members of the Institute of Community Health Nurses, we wish to commend Fergus Finlay for his column headlined ‘Community nurses and home helps show how to run a health service’ (July 20).

He has identified the contribution community nursing can make in supporting families, including young parents, people with disabilities and older people.

Community nurses are ideally placed in every village and town in Ireland, often with limited resources and inadequate systems to support their work.