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At the beginning of this government term, we made a commitment to ensure more nurses in more settings through extending the second duty of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 \- sections 25B and 25C which mandate the duty to calculate and maintain nurse staffing levels). Thanks to the hard work of the All Wales Nurse Staffing Group and its paediatric work\-stream, the requisite evidence\-based workforce planning tool has been developed for use in paediatric inpatient wards. This paediatric version of the *Welsh Levels of Care* – the tool used on adult acute medical and surgical wards – was developed and tested with more than two years of data capture on Wales’ paediatric wards.


The recent COVID\-19 pandemic has placed significant additional pressures on our nursing workforce, also disrupting the work of the All Wales Nurse Staffing Group, and the health boards’ preparatory work towards the planned extension. Despite this, I remain committed to achieving this legislative aim within this government term, and my officials have continued to undertake the necessary legal steps to ensure it is possible.


I am today announcing that a 12 week consultation period will open this week to gather views on changes to the revised statutory guidance that have been made to include paediatric inpatient wards alongside the original acute adult medical and surgical wards. You will find the consultation documents at https://gov.wales/nurse\-staffing\-levels\-wales\-act\-2016\-revised\-statutory\-guidance as of Wednesday 16 September.


The intended legislative timetable for the extension is as follows:


September 16 – 9 December: Consultation period open


Early January: Consultation report published


Late January: Draft regulations laid before the Senedd


February: Plenary debate on draft regulations


1 October 2021: Planned coming\-into\-force date







Translation:


 
Ar ddechrau tymor y llywodraeth hon, gwnaethom ymrwymiad i sicrhau mwy o nyrsys mewn mwy o leoliadau drwy ymestyn ail ddyletswydd Deddf Lefelau Staff Nyrsio (Cymru) 2016 \- adrannau 25B a 25C sy’n gorfodi’r ddyletswydd i gyfrifo a chynnal lefelau staff nyrsio. Diolch i waith caled Grŵp Staff Nyrsio Cymru Gyfan a’r llif gwaith pediatreg, mae dull cynllunio’r gweithlu seiliedig ar dystiolaeth angenrheidiol wedi’i ddatblygu i’w ddefnyddio mewn wardiau pediatreg ar gyfer cleifion mewnol. Mae’r fersiwn bediatreg hon o *Lefelau Gofal Cymru* \- y dull a ddefnyddiwyd ar wardiau meddygol a llawfeddygol acíwt i oedolion \- wedi’i datblygu a’i phrofi gyda mwy na dwy flynedd o ddata ar wardiau pediatreg Cymru.


Mae’r pandemig COVID\-19 diweddar wedi rhoi pwysau ychwanegol sylweddol ar ein gweithlu nyrsio, gan darfu hefyd ar waith Grŵp Staff Nyrsio Cymru Gyfan, a gwaith paratoi’r byrddau iechyd tuag at yr estyniad arfaethedig. Er hyn, rwyf wedi ymrwymo i gyflawni’r nod deddfwriaethol hwn o fewn tymor y llywodraeth hon, ac mae fy swyddogion wedi parhau â’r holl gamau cyfreithiol angenrheidiol i sicrhau bod hyn yn bosibl.


Rwy’n cyhoeddi heddiw y bydd cyfnod ymgynghori 12 wythnos yn agor yr wythnos hon i gasglu barn am y newidiadau i’r canllawiau statudol diwygiedig i gynnwys wardiau pediatreg ar gyfer cleifion mewnol ochr yn ochr â’r wardiau meddygol a llawfeddygol acíwt gwreiddiol i oedolion. Bydd y dogfennau ymgynghori yn https://llyw.cymru/deddf\-lefelau\-staff\-nyrsio\-cymru\-2016\-canllawiau\-statudol\-diwygiedig o ddydd Mercher 16 Medi.


Mae’r amserlen ddeddfwriaethol arfaethedig ar gyfer yr estyniad fel a ganlyn:


Medi 16 – 9 Rhagfyr: Y cyfnod ymgynghori ar agor


Dechrau mis Ionawr: Cyhoeddi’r adroddiad ymgynghori


Diwedd mis Ionawr: Gosod y rheoliadau drafft gerbron y Senedd


Chwefror: Trafodaeth yn y cyfarfod llawn ar y rheoliadau drafft


1 Hydref 2021: Dyddiad dod i rym arfaethedig