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Further to the commitment made within the Co\-operation Agreement to set up an Expert Group to support our shared ambition to create a National Care Service, free at the point of need and continuing as a public service, work has taken place to establish an Expert Group and to agree its Terms of Reference. 


The Expert Group membership will include individuals with a range of backgrounds including those with experience of running social care services and local government, finance and economics, academics as well as those with experience of caring and the interfaces between social care and the NHS.  In its work the Group will embed our shared commitment to equalities, human rights and Welsh language service provision based on the needs of our population.   


The Expert Group will aim to provide recommendations by the end of April 2022, following which an Implementation plan will be developed through external engagement by end of 2023\. 


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Senedd returns I would be happy to do that.


Cooperation Agreement – A Shared Ambition for a National Care Service
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### Expert Group \- Terms of Reference


#### Context


The Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have a shared ambition for the creation of a National Care Service which is free at the point of need. Social care will remain a responsibility of local government and continue as a public service, embedded in our shared commitment to equalities and human rights and where the service user voice is clearly heard.


The Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru are establishing an Expert Group to provide recommendations on practical steps which can be taken, after April 2022, towards that shared ambition.  This is with a view to agreeing an implementation plan by the end of 2023\.


Planned policy implementation will continue, in line with commitments made through the Draft Budget 2022\-2025, including steps to provide for a better integrated system of care and work and towards parity of recognition and reward for social care and health workers. The recommendations of the Social Care Fair Work Forum will be used to produce wider improvements for the workforce, including in its ability to provide health and care services through the medium of Welsh.  


Following the Rebalancing Care and Support White Paper the Welsh Government will progress the Programme for Government commitment to implement a National Framework for Care and Support commissioning, and strengthen Regional Partnership Boards and establish a National Office to drive progress.


### Purpose of the Expert Group


#### Aim


* To provide recommendations on practical steps which can be taken, after April 2022, towards the creation of a National Care Service where care is free at the point of need.  These practical steps must be consistent with social care remaining a responsibility of local government and its continuance as a public service, taking account of the spending framework set by the Draft Budget 2022\-2025\.


#### **Objectives**


* Undertake a rapid review of current evidence about paying for social care/funding social care and related matters, including in the context of developments at a UK level.
* Consider the optimal route and practical steps towards social care becoming free at the point of need through the creation of a National Care Service including any financial implications and how to fund these.
* Consider the sequencing of these steps with further improvements to the pay and terms and conditions of the social care workforce towards parity with NHS pay scales, and ensuring quality care is available for all those who require it.
* Consider how to increase the percentage of publicly delivered care provision, including the role of local government ownership and cooperative enterprises.
* Identify any further system, process and delivery mechanism changes, together with any cultural challenges relating to the Group’s advice.
* Develop timelines and key milestones, including engagement with the social care sector and with the public.


#### **Deliverables**


Set out the Expert Group’s considerations and recommendations about practical next steps in a report to Welsh Government and Designated Members by the end of April 2022 which discharges the Expert Group’s brief to recommend practical steps towards the shared vision.


### **Membership**


* Abyd Quinn Aziz
* Charles Tallack
* Cian Sion
* Dilwyn Owen Williams (Joint Chair)
* Gio Isingrini
* Kelly Andrews
* Prof Kamila Hawthorne
* Kate Young (Joint Chair)
* Prof Mark Llewellyn
* Mary Wimbury
* Rhian Davies
* Rhian Huws Williams
* Dr Vanessa Webb


### **Timelines**


The Group will convene flexibly.  It will set its own schedule with meetings and additional small group contact as required.  A report to Welsh Government and the Designated Members is to be completed by the end of April 2022\. 







Translation:


 
Yn dilyn yr ymrwymiad a wnaed yn y Cytundeb Cydweithio i sefydlu grŵp arbenigol i gefnogi ein huchelgais ar y cyd i greu Gwasanaeth Gofal Cenedlaethol, am ddim pryd a lle bynnag y bo’i angen, gan barhau fel gwasanaeth cyhoeddus, mae gwaith wedi’i wneud i sefydlu grŵp arbenigol a chytuno ar ei gylch gorchwyl. 


Bydd aelodau’r Grŵp Arbenigol yn cynnwys unigolion o ystod o gefndiroedd, gan gynnwys y rhai â phrofiad o redeg gwasanaethau gofal cymdeithasol a llywodraeth leol, cyllid ac economeg, academyddion, yn ogystal â’r rhai â phrofiad o ofalu a’r cysylltiadau rhwng gofal cymdeithasol a’r GIG. Yn ei waith, bydd y Grŵp yn ymgorffori ein hymrwymiad i gydraddoldeb, hawliau dynol a darpariaeth gwasanaeth yn y Gymraeg yn seiliedig ar anghenion ein poblogaeth.   


Bydd y Grŵp Arbenigol yn anelu at ddarparu argymhellion erbyn diwedd mis Ebrill 2022, ac yna bydd cynllun gweithredu’n cael ei ddatblygu drwy ymgysylltu’n allanol erbyn diwedd 2023\. 


Caiff y datganiad hwn ei ryddhau yn ystod y toriad er mwyn hysbysu’r aelodau. Pe bai’r aelodau yn dymuno i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ar hyn pan fydd y Senedd yn ailymgynnull byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.


**Cytundeb Cydweithio – Uchelgais ar y Cyd i greu Gwasanaeth Gofal Cenedlaethol**


**Grŵp Arbenigol – Cylch Gorchwyl**


**Cyd\-destun**


Mae gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Phlaid Cymru uchelgais gyffredin i greu Gwasanaeth Gofal Cenedlaethol sydd am ddim pryd a lle bynnag y bo’i angen. Bydd gofal cymdeithasol yn parhau i fod yn gyfrifoldeb ar lywodraeth leol a bydd yn parhau fel gwasanaeth cyhoeddus, fel rhan o’n hymrwymiad ar y cyd i sicrhau cydraddoldeb a hawliau dynol, lle bydd llais y defnyddiwr gwasanaeth i’w glywed yn glir.


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru a Phlaid Cymru yn sefydlu Grŵp Arbenigol i ddarparu argymhellion ynghylch y camau ymarferol y gellir eu cymryd tuag at yr uchelgais gyffredin, ar ôl mis Ebrill 2022\. Maent yn gwneud hyn gyda’r nod o gytuno ar gynllun gweithredu erbyn diwedd 2023\.


Bydd y gwaith a gynlluniwyd i weithredu’r polisi yn parhau, yn unol â’r ymrwymiadau a wnaed drwy’r Gyllideb Ddrafft 2022\-2025, gan gynnwys camau i ddarparu ar gyfer system ofal a gwaith mwy integredig, a thuag at gydraddoldeb o ran sicrhau cydnabyddiaeth a gwobr ar gyfer gweithwyr iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol. Bydd argymhellion y Fforwm Gwaith Teg Gofal Cymdeithasol yn cael eu defnyddio i sicrhau gwelliannau ehangach ar gyfer y gweithlu, gan gynnwys gwelliannau yn y gallu i ddarparu gwasanaethau iechyd a gofal drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.  


Yn dilyn y Papur Gwyn ar Ailgydbwyso Gofal a Chymorth bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn symud ymlaen ag ymrwymiad y Rhaglen Lywodraethu i weithredu fframwaith cenedlaethol ar gyfer comisiynu gofal a chymorth, cryfhau Byrddau Partneriaeth Rhanbarthol a sefydlu Swyddfa Genedlaethol i sicrhau cynnydd.


**Diben y Grŵp Arbenigol**


**Nod**


* Darparu argymhellion ar gamau ymarferol y gellir eu cymryd, ar ôl mis Ebrill 2022, tuag at greu Gwasanaeth Gofal Cenedlaethol lle mae’r gofal am ddim pryd a lle bynnag y bo’i angen. Rhaid i’r camau ymarferol hyn sicrhau bod gofal cymdeithasol yn parhau i fod yn gyfrifoldeb ar lywodraeth leol, gan sicrhau ei fod yn parhau fel gwasanaeth cyhoeddus, ac ystyried y fframwaith gwariant a sefydlwyd gan y Gyllideb Ddrafft 2022\-2025\.


**Amcanion**


* Cynnal adolygiad cyflym o’r dystiolaeth bresennol ynglŷn â thalu am ofal cymdeithasol/ariannu gofal cymdeithasol a materion cysylltiedig, gan gynnwys yng nghyd\-destun datblygiadau ar lefel y DU.
* Ystyried y dull gorau a chamau ymarferol tuag at sicrhau bod gofal cymdeithasol am ddim pryd a lle bynnag y bo’i angen drwy greu Gwasanaeth Gofal Cenedlaethol gan gynnwys unrhyw oblygiadau ariannol a sut i ariannu’r rhain.
* Ystyried trefn y camau hyn a gwelliannau pellach i gyflogau a thelerau ac amodau’r gweithlu gofal cymdeithasol er mwyn symud tuag at gydraddoldeb â graddfeydd cyflog y GIG, a sicrhau bod gofal o ansawdd ar gael i bawb sydd ei angen.
* Ystyried sut i gynyddu canran y ddarpariaeth ofal sy’n cael ei darparu’n gyhoeddus, gan gynnwys rôl perchnogaeth llywodraeth leol a mentrau cydweithredol.
* Canfod unrhyw newidiadau pellach i systemau, prosesau a dulliau darparu, ynghyd ag unrhyw heriau diwylliannol yn ymwneud â chyngor y Grŵp.
* Datblygu amserlenni a cherrig milltir allweddol, gan gynnwys ymgysylltu â’r sector gofal cymdeithasol a’r cyhoedd.


**Yr hyn sydd i’w gyflawni**


Amlinellu ystyriaethau ac argymhellion y Grŵp Arbenigol ynglŷn â’r camau ymarferol nesaf mewn adroddiad i Lywodraeth Cymru ac Aelodau Dynodedig erbyn diwedd mis Ebrill 2022\. Bydd hyn yn cyflawni brîff y Grŵp Arbenigol i argymell camau ymarferol tuag at y weledigaeth gyffredin.


**Aelodau**


Abyd Quinn Aziz


Charles Tallack


Cian Sion


Dilwyn Owen Williams (Cyd\-gadeirydd)


Gio Isingrini


Kelly Andrews


Yr Athro Kamila Hawthorne


Kate Young (Cyd\-gadeirydd)


Yr Athro Mark Llewellyn


Mary Wimbury


Rhian Davies


Rhian Huws Williams


Dr Vanessa Webb


**Amserlen**


Bydd y Grŵp yn cwrdd yn hyblyg. Bydd yn trefnu ei amserlen ei hun gyda chyfarfodydd llawn a chyfarfodydd o grwpiau bychain yn ôl yr angen. Bydd adroddiad i Lywodraeth Cymru a’r Aelodau Dynodedig yn cael ei gwblhau erbyn diwedd mis Ebrill 2022\.