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Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, today also announced the service, which helps patients resettle following an Emergency Department visit and reduces the non\-medical work burden on staff, will be expanded at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.


The Welsh Government and NHS Wales pilot, delivered by British Red Cross staff and volunteers, has helped more than 25,000 patients since December 2018\.


Red Cross staff and volunteers have provided non\-medical support, tailored to individuals and focussed on their practical and emotional needs, to help people leave hospital more quickly and with more confidence so NHS staff can focus on clinical work. This included collecting medication and test results and accompanying patients to other hospital departments. Red Cross staff have also helped by providing transport and resettling people in their homes following a visit to an Emergency Department.


Following the initial success of the scheme, the Minister has approved funding for another 6 months from April to September 2019 and for an extension of an existing service at Morriston Hospital.


Mr Gething said:



> “I am very pleased to announce we will be extending this pilot to help us understand whether an assisted discharge service from Emergency Departments would add benefit all year round.
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> “The Red Cross have been providing help to take pressure off NHS staff in our busy Emergency Departments all winter. They have been very well received by frontline staff and patients. The service has been especially helpful for people who are socially isolated, those at greater risk from harm because of substance misuse and for people who have recently suffered bereavement. 
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> “We will be commencing a competitive tender process as soon as possible to enable other third sector organisations to have an opportunity to deliver the service, with one eye on planning for autumn and winter 2019/20\.”


Dr Jo Mower, National Clinical Director for Unscheduled Care, said:



> “The National Programme for Unscheduled Care ‘Emergency Department assisted discharge service’ has been invaluable since its introduction, not least in supporting clinicians and patients in my own department over the winter months. 
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> I have observed first hand how the service can take pressure off medical and nursing staff and support vulnerable people and look forward to evolving the service over the coming months as we plan for winter 2019/20\.”


Kate Griffiths, director of independent living and crisis response for the Red Cross in Wales said:



> “The difference made through simple, kind acts cannot be underestimated, for example listening to someone’s concerns as they prepare to leave hospital, helping them get the shopping in when they get home – Red Cross staff and volunteers are there for reassurance and support, empowering people to take their first steps on the road back to independence.
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> “We believe the role of the voluntary sector is key in helping health and care services to support patients, relieving pressure on the system and giving peace of mind to doctors and nursing staff that patients are being cared for as they move between home and hospital. We’re really pleased that the success of our winter pressures services means there will be more opportunities for the voluntary sector to provide this essential support.”







Translation:


 
Heddiw cyhoeddodd y Gweinidog Iechyd, Vaughan Gething, hefyd y bydd y gwasanaeth, sy’n helpu cleifion i ddod yn gyfforddus yn eu cartrefi unwaith eto yn dilyn ymweliad ag Adran Argyfwng ac yn lleihau baich gwaith nad yw’n feddygol ar staff, yn cael ei ehangu yn Ysbyty Treforys, Abertawe.


Mae cynllun peilot Llywodraeth Cymru a Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol (GIG) Cymru, sydd wedi’i gyflenwi gan staff a gwirfoddolwyr y Groes Goch Brydeinig, wedi helpu mwy na 25,000 o gleifion ers mis Rhagfyr 2018\.


Rhoddodd staff a gwirfoddolwyr y Groes Goch gymorth nad yw’n feddygol i gleifion i alluogi staff y GIG i ganolbwyntio ar waith clinigol. Roedd hyn yn cynnwys casglu meddyginiaeth a chanlyniadau profion a mynd gyda chleifion i adrannau eraill yr ysbyty. Mae staff y Groes Goch hefyd wedi helpu drwy ddarparu cludiant a chynnig help llaw hefyd i bobl fod yn gyfforddus unwaith eto yn eu cartrefi yn dilyn ymweliad ag Adran Argyfwng.


Yn dilyn llwyddiant cychwynnol y cynllun, mae’r Gweinidog wedi cymeradwyo cyllid am chwe mis arall, o fis Ebrill i fis Medi 2019, ac ymestyn y gwasanaeth presennol yn Ysbyty Treforys.


Dywedodd Mr Gething:



> “Mae’n bleser gen i gyhoeddi y byddwn yn ymestyn y cynllun peilot hwn i’n helpu i ddeall a fyddai gwasanaeth rhyddhau â chymorth o Adrannau Argyfwng yn fanteisiol drwy gydol y flwyddyn.
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> “Mae’r Groes Goch wedi bod yn cynorthwyo i dynnu’r pwysau oddi ar staff y GIG yn ein Hadrannau Argyfwng prysur drwy’r gaeaf. Maent wedi cael croeso mawr gan staff rheng flaen a chleifion. Mae’r gwasanaeth wedi bod o gymorth arbennig i bobl sy’n ynysig yn gymdeithasol, y rhai sydd mewn mwy o berygl o niwed o ganlyniad i gamddefnyddio sylweddau, a phobl sydd wedi colli rhywun yn ddiweddar.
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> “Byddwn yn dechrau ar broses dendro gystadleuol cyn gynted â phosibl i roi cyfle i sefydliadau’r trydydd sector eraill ddarparu’r gwasanaeth, gyda’r bwriad o gynllunio ar gyfer hydref a gaeaf 2019/20\.”


Dywedodd Dr Jo Mower, Cyfarwyddwr Clinigol Cenedlaethol Gofal heb ei Drefnu:



> “Mae ‘gwasanaeth rhyddhau â chymorth yr Adrannau Argyfwng’ dan y Rhaglen Genedlaethol Gofal heb ei Drefnu wedi bod yn amhrisiadwy ers ei gyflwyno, yn enwedig wrth gefnogi clinigwyr a chleifion yn fy adran i dros fisoedd y gaeaf. 
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> Rwyf wedi gweld drosof fy hun sut y gall y gwasanaeth dynnu’r pwysau oddi ar staff meddygol a staff nyrsio a chynorthwyo pobl agored i niwed, ac rwy’n edrych ymlaen i ddatblygu’r gwasanaeth dros y misoedd nesaf wrth i ni gynllunio ar gyfer gaeaf 2019/20\.”


Dywedodd Kate Griffiths, Cyfarwyddwr byw'n annibynnol a'r ymateb mewn argyfwng i'r Groes Goch yng Nghymru:



> “Ni ellir tanbrisio'r gwahaniaeth a wneir drwy weithredoedd caredig, syml, er enghraifft gwrando ar bryderon rhywun wrth iddynt baratoi i adael yr ysbyty, eu helpu cael y siopa i mewn pan fyddant yn cyrraedd adref – Mae staff y Groes Goch a gwirfoddolwyr yno i roi sicrwydd a chefnogaeth, gan rymuso pobl i gymryd eu camau cyntaf ar y ffordd yn ôl i annibyniaeth.
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> “Credwn ni fod rôl y sector gwirfoddol yn allweddol o ran helpu gwasanaethau iechyd a gofal i gynorthwyo cleifion, lleddfu'r pwysau ar y system a rhoi tawelwch meddwl i feddygon a staff nyrsio bod cleifion yn cael gofal wrth iddynt symud o'r cartref i'r ysbyty. Rydym yn falch iawn bod llwyddiant ein gwasanaethau pwysau gaeaf yn golygu y bydd mwy o gyfleoedd i'r sector gwirfoddol ddarparu'r cymorth hanfodol hwn."