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The use of video consultations, called Attend Anywhere, has expanded rapidly over recent months and has helped to ensure patients continue to safely access healthcare services during the pandemic.


To date, just under 11,000 GP consultations and almost 62,000 secondary and community care appointments have already taken place virtually in Wales.


Virtual group clinics are the next stage in Welsh Government’s commitment to bringing care closer to home and will be rolled\-out across primary, secondary and community care settings.


Each year, around 3\.1m patients are seen at outpatient departments across Wales. The virtual group clinics will deliver care to groups of people with similar health needs, including diabetes, musculoskeletal conditions, rheumatology and dermatology.


Clinicians will run a session with between 10 and 15 patients on a specific area of their care.This shared care will allow for patients and clinicians to come together for the benefit of all; patients can learn from the experience of others, have peer support and develop alternative strategies to support their own pathways; and clinicians will be able to interact with a number of patients at one time, delivering consistent approaches to managing their care.


Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has already begun delivering therapy services virtually in a number of areas including Dietetics, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and especially Speech and Language Therapy. 


Feedback has been positive from both patients and staff to the virtual approach, who have said the technology is easy to use. Patients reported that the service was far more convenient and avoided costs associated with taking time off from work and travelling to appointments.The opportunity to share experiences with others was also seen as a benefit.


Virtual group clinics will provide convenient access to support and advice for those who maybe self\-isolating, have mobility issues or are housebound.They will also help those who may have other commitments and time\-constraints, such as unpaid carers and those working from home.


Minister for Health and Social Services, Vaughan Gething, said:



> During the pandemic, we have seen transformational changes and new ways of working to ensure the continuity of patient care from GPs, community health in the community and in hospital outpatient departments. Thousands of patients have already received excellent care via individual video consultations and we can now accelerate our plans for virtual group consultations.
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> Wales is the first country to roll\-out this way of working across all three parts of our NHS. Our virtual group clinics will lead the way and ensure that people in Wales will be able to access the benefits of medical care and support, whichever clinician they need to see, in whatever setting, from the convenience of their own home.
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> Video group clinics will also help us ensure service continuity and resilience, and enable our dedicated healthcare professionals to deliver care and advice in a rewarding, safe and supportive way which provides long\-term benefits to the NHS here in Wales.


In partnership with NHS Wales and Welsh Government, Redmoor\-ELC are co\-ordinating and delivering the virtual developments and technical support required for over 250 clinical teams to use the video group clinics securely and safely.







Translation:


 
Mae’r defnydd o ymgyngoriadau fideo, sy’n cael eu galw’n Attend Anywhere, wedi ehangu’n gyflym dros y misoedd diwethaf ac wedi helpu i sicrhau bod cleifion yn parhau i allu cael gafael ar wasanaethau gofal iechyd yn ddiogel yn ystod y pandemig.


Hyd yma, mae ychydig o dan 11,000 o ymgyngoriadau gyda meddygon teulu a bron i 62,000 o apwyntiadau gofal eilaidd a gofal yn y gymuned wedi cael eu cynnal o bell yng Nghymru.


Cyflwyno clinigau grŵp rhithwir yw’r cam nesaf yn ymrwymiad Llywodraeth Cymru i ddarparu gofal yn nes at y cartref, a byddant yn cael eu cynnig ar draws lleoliadau gofal sylfaenol, gofal eilaidd a gofal yn y gymuned.


Bob blwyddyn, mae tua 3\.1m o gleifion yn cael eu gweld mewn adrannau cleifion allanol ledled Cymru. Bydd yr clinigau grŵp rhithwir yn darparu gofal i grwpiau o bobl ag anghenion iechyd tebyg, gan gynnwys diabetes, cyflyrau cyhyrysgerbydol, rhewmatoleg a dermatoleg.


Bydd clinigwyr yn cynnal sesiwn gyda rhwng 10 a 15 o gleifion ar faes penodol o’u gofal. Bydd y gofal hwn a rennir yn caniatáu i gleifion a chlinigwyr ddod at ei gilydd er budd pawb. Gall cleifion ddysgu o brofiadau cleifion eraill, elwa ar gymorth gan bobl sydd yn yr un sefyllfa â nhw a datblygu strategaethau eraill i gefnogi eu llwybrau eu hunain. Bydd clinigwyr yn gallu rhoi sylw i nifer o gleifion ar yr un pryd, gan ddarparu dulliau cyson o reoli eu gofal.


Mae Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr eisoes wedi dechrau darparu gwasanaethau therapi o bell mewn nifer o feysydd, gan gynnwys deieteg, adsefydlu yr ysgyfaint a therapi lleferydd ac iaith yn arbennig.


Mae’r adborth ar y dull rhithiwr wedi bod yn gadarnhaol gan y cleifion a’r staff, a nodwyd bod y dechnoleg yn hawdd ei defnyddio. Dywedodd cleifion fod y gwasanaeth yn llawer mwy cyfleus a’i fod yn osgoi costau sy’n gysylltiedig â chymryd amser i ffwrdd o’r gwaith a theithio i apwyntiadau. Ystyriwyd bod y cyfle i rannu profiadau gydag eraill yn fantais hefyd.


Bydd clinigau grŵp rhithwir yn cynnig mynediad cyfleus at gymorth a chyngor i’r unigolion hynny sy’n hunanynysu, sydd ag anawsterau symud neu sy’n gaeth i’r tŷ. Byddant hefyd yn helpu’r rhai sydd ag ymrwymiadau eraill ac sy’n brin o amser, fel gofalwyr di\-dâl ac unigolion sy’n gweithio gartref.


Dywedodd Vaughan Gething, y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol:



> Yn ystod y pandemig, rydyn ni wedi gweld newidiadau trawsnewidiol a ffyrdd newydd o weithio i sicrhau parhad gofal i gleifion gan feddygon teulu, gwasanaethau iechyd yn y gymuned ac adrannau cleifion allanol mewn ysbytai. Mae miloedd o gleifion wedi cael gofal rhagorol yn barod drwy ymgyngoriadau fideo unigol a gallwn nawr gyflymu ein cynlluniau i gyflwyno clinigau grŵp rhithwir.
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> Cymru yw’r wlad gyntaf i gyflwyno’r dull hwn o weithio ar draws pob un o dair rhan ein Gwasanaeth Iechyd. Bydd ein clinigau grŵp rhithwir yn arwain y ffordd ac yn sicrhau bod pobl yng Nghymru yn gallu manteisio ar ofal a chymorth meddygol gan ba bynnag glinigydd y mae angen iddynt ei weld, ym mha leoliad bynnag, mewn modd cyfleus o’u cartref eu hunain.
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> Bydd clinigau grŵp rhithwir hefyd yn ein helpu i sicrhau cadernid a pharhad gwasanaethau ac yn galluogi ein gweithwyr proffesiynol iechyd ymroddgar i ddarparu gofal a chyngor mewn ffordd ddiogel, gefnogol, a fydd o fudd i bawb, sy’n cynnig manteision hirdymor i’r Gwasanaeth Iechyd yma yng Nghymru.


Mae Redmoor\-ELC, mewn partneriaeth â GIG Cymru a Llywodraeth Cymru, yn cydlynu ac yn cyflwyno’r datblygiadau rhithiwr ac yn rhoi’r cymorth technegol sydd ei angen i dros 250 o dimau clinigol i’w galluogi i ddefnyddio’r clinigau grŵp dros fideo yn ddiogel.