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I would like to inform Assembly Members that I have decided to develop a Strategic Framework for Welsh language services within health and social services. The Framework confirms the Government’s commitment to strengthen Welsh language services to service users and their families.


As Chair of the Ministerial Task\-group, established to strengthen Welsh language provision within both sectors, I am pleased to say that the situation is slowly improving. The two sectors are making efforts to respond to users’ language choice and to meeting their statutory requirements. However I believe that not enough is being done to consider users’ language needs as an integral part of the care planning and service delivery process.


A large number of service users are vulnerable and giving them the responsibility of asking for services through the medium of Welsh is unfair and indeed can contribute to their anxiety. It is the responsibility of the NHS and Social Services to deliver appropriate services, which of course includes meeting users’ linguistic needs. Only by doing this can they provide care that is safe and effective.


The fact that most Welsh speakers can speak English, does not  change the fact that they need to receive care through the medium of Welsh, so that they can express their concerns, discuss very personal issues, or express themselves effectively. It is essential that service providers understand that for many people being able to receive services through the medium of Welsh is a care need, not just an issue of individual language choice.


Therefore I want to ensure that steps are taken by both services to ensure that language needs are mainstreamed into care plans – particularly within mental health services, learning disability services, children and older people’s services.


 Although progress has been made during recent years, I am conscious that much remains to be done. It is evident that services are patchy, and all too often it is a matter of luck whether service users receive care through the medium of Welsh.


In order to tackle this, the Health Minister and I have decided to develop a Strategic Framework for Welsh  language services within health and social services, which will hopefully strengthen provision and ensure effective partnership working across the two sectors. The focus for the work will be on developing front line services, in order to improve the experience of users and their families.


 I am very pleased that discussions with the NHS confirmed the need for a strategy and that the Association of Directors of Social Services and the WLGA support this action.


 I have therefore established a Steering Group to take this work forward and in particular to:


* develop a three year strategic framework, focusing  on strengthening front line services, in order to improve users experience
* review the role of the Assembly Government in ensuring the development of Welsh language services within the two sectors


The  steering group is chaired by an independent person, Mr Graham Williams, and the membership drawn from the NHS, social services, a service user, partners and academia .


I have asked the group to develop the strategic framework by early next year, with a view to implementing it from April 2012 onwards.


The framework will provide a focus for the two services to look again at how they mainstream, Welsh  language considerations into care planning and  service delivery on a day to day basis, in order to provide effective and safe care for Welsh speaking users.


This work is very timely in view of the requirements of the new Welsh Language Measure and the new regulatory system which will be introduced by the Welsh Language Commissioner.







Translation:


 
Hoffwn roddi gwybod  i Aelodau’r Cynulliad fy mod wedi  penderfynu datblygu Fframwaith Strategol ar gyfer gwasanaethau Cymraeg o fewn iechyd a gwasanaethau cymdeithasol. Mae’r Fframwaith yn cadarnhau ymrwymiad y Llywodraeth  i gryfhau gwasanaethau cyfrwng Cymraeg i ddefnyddwyr a’u teuluoedd.

Fel Cadeirydd y Tasglu a sefydlwyd  i gryfhau’r ddarpariaeth gyfrwng Cymraeg, rwyf yn falch i ddweud  fod y sefyllfa yn raddol wella o fewn y ddau sector. Mae’r ddau sector yn  ceisio ymateb i ddewis iaith defnyddwyr  a chwrdd â’u gofynion statudol. Er gwaethaf hynny rwyf  yn credu nad  oes digon yn cael ei wneud i ystyried angen iaith defnyddwyr, fel rhan greiddiol o gynllunio a darparu gofal.

Mae  nifer fawr o ddefnyddwyr  y gwasanaethau iechyd a chymdeithasol  yn fregus \- mae  rhoi  cyfrifoldeb arnynt i ofyn am wasanaeth Cymraeg yn annheg, a gall ychwanegu at eu gofidiau. Cyfrifoldeb y gwasanaeth yw darparu gwasanaeth cymwys, ac wrth gwrs mae hyn  yn  cynnwys anghenion ieithyddol. Dim ond wrth wneud hyn y gallant sicrhau gofal diogel ag  effeithiol.

Mae’r ffaith fod rhan fwyaf o Gymry Cymraeg yn gallu siarad Saesneg, ddim  yn newid y ffaith fod angen gwasanaethau cyfrwng Cymraeg arnynt er mwyn gallu cyfleu gofidiau, trafod materion personol iawn, neu fynegi eu hunain  yn effeithiol.   Mae’n hanfodol fod darparwyr yn deall fod derbyn gwasanaethau drwy gyfrwng y  Gymraeg yn  greiddiol i ofal llawer o bobol, nid dim ond mater o ddewis iaith   
   
Rwyf  felly am sicrhau fod  camau yn cael eu cymryd gan y ddau wasanaeth i sicrhau fod  anghenion ieithyddol yn cael eu prif ffrydio i gynlluniau gofal, ac yn arbennig felly o fewn gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl, anabledd dysgu, plant a phobl hŷn  
   
Er bod gwellhad wedi bod yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf, rwyf yn ymwybodol  fod llawer o waith  ar ôl i’w wneud. Mae’n amlwg hefyd fod yna wahaniaethau yn y ddarpariaeth, ac yn rhy aml mater o hap a damwain i’w derbyn gofal drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg i nifer o bobol.

Er mwyn mynd i’r afael a hyn mae’r Gweinidog Iechyd a finnau wedi penderfynu  datblygu Fframwaith Strategol ar gyfer Gwasanaethau Cymraeg o fewn Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, a fydd gobeithio yn  cryfhau’r ddarpariaeth, a sicrhau cydweithio effeithiol ar draws y  ddau sector. Mi fydd ffocws y gwaith ar ddatblygu gwasanaethau rheng flaen, er mwyn gwella  profiad  defnyddwyr a’u teuluoedd.

Rwyf yn falch iawn fod trafodaethau efo’r gwasanaeth iechyd wedi cadarnhau’r angen  am strategaeth, a bod Cymdeithas Cyfarwyddwyr Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol (ADSS) a Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru yn cefnogi’r gwaith.        

  
Felly rwyf wedi sefydlu Grŵp Llywio i ymgymryd gyda’r gwaith o

* ddatblygu fframwaith strategol dair blynedd, gan ganolbwyntio yn arbennig ar gryfhau gwasanaethau rheng flaen, er mwyn gwella profiad defnyddwyr
* adolygu rôl  Llywodraeth y Cynulliad yn sicrhau datblygiad gwasanaethau cyfrwng Cymraeg o fewn y ddau sector

Mae’r grŵp llywio yn cael ei gadeirio gan berson annibynnol, Mr Graham Williams, a’r aelodaeth yn dod o’r gwasanaethau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, partneriaid, defnyddiwr ac academia.

Rwyf wedi gofyn i’r grŵp  ddatblygu’r  fframwaith yn ystod y flwyddyn yma, gyda’r bwriad o’i gweithredu  o Ebrill 2012 ymlaen.

Mi fydd y Fframwaith yn rhoi cyfle  i’r ddau wasanaeth edrych eto ar sut maent yn prif ffrydio’r iaith Cymraeg yn feunyddiol o fewn eu cynlluniau a gwasanaethau ,er mwyn sicrhau eu bod yn cynnig gofal effeithiol, a diogel  i Gymry Cymraeg.

Mae’r gwaith yma’n amserol iawn o gofio hanfodion y Mesur Iaith newydd a’r system rheoleiddio newydd fydd yn cael ei gyflwyno gan  y Comisiynydd Iaith newydd.