Letters to the Editor: Community fund unfit to provide wheelchairs

Community funds are not specific enough to deal with the very specific needs of would-be wheelchair applicants, which need specific ringfenced funding within the HSE.

It seems to take a lot of pushing and shoving to get a wheelchair in this country, but sadly those in need will not be pushing or shoving their badly needed chairs without enormous lobbying and begging on their part.

The current set-up uses a community fund and application to get one, instead of a fund ‘within’ the HSE for such vital apparatus.