Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Bydd yr Aelodau'n gwybod erbyn hyn am y datganiad a wnaed gan Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf dros y 24 awr ddiwethaf mewn perthynas â gwasanaethau mamolaeth. Mae’r Bwrdd Iechyd wedi cadarnhau bod nifer o ddigwyddiadau difrifol, gan gynnwys marwolaethau rhai babanod, wedi dod i'r amlwg yn dilyn adolygiad mewnol o brosesau’r Bwrdd ar gyfer cofnodi digwyddiadau, Mae materion hyn bellach wedi’u cofnodi ac yn destun ymchwiliad manwl.   
   
Mae gennyf yr un pryderon â phawb ynglŷn â difrifoldeb y mater a’r angen am sicrwydd. Mae diogelwch cleifion o'r pwys mwyaf i mi ac i GIG Cymru.  Lles mamau a babanod sydd flaenllaw yn ein meddyliau.  
  
Mae fy swyddogion yn cadw mewn cysylltiad â'r Bwrdd Iechyd er mwyn cael sicrwydd uniongyrchol o ran yr ymchwiliad a'r camau y mae angen eu cymryd er mwyn sicrhau bod y gwasanaeth yn ddiogel i fenywod a babanod.  
  
Rydym yn trafod gyda'r Bwrdd Iechyd i gytuno ar y gefnogaeth sydd ei hangen er mwyn cefnogi’r gwasanaeth mamolaeth, ar hyn o bryd ac yn y dyfodol. Rwyf hefyd wedi siarad â'r Cadeirydd er mwyn mynegi fy mhryderon a chael sicrwydd uniongyrchol ei fod ef a’r Bwrdd yn cymryd yr holl gamau angenrheidiol. Mae'n hanfodol bwysig bod pob un sy'n defnyddio gwasanaethau Cwm Taf yn gwybod y byddant yn cael gofal ardderchog, diogel a thosturiol.  
  
Rwy’n cydnabod y camau gwahanol sy’n cael eu cymryd a’r gwaith sy’n mynd rhagddo o fewn y Bwrdd Iechyd ac yn benodol y camau y mae’n eu rhoi yn eu lle i sicrhau bod y gwasanaethau’n cael eu cefnogi ar unwaith. O ystyried difrifoldeb y sefyllfa, rwy wedi penderfynu y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru gomisiynu adolygiad allanol annibynnol. Felly, rwy wedi gofyn i Brif Swyddog Meddygol Cymru a Phrif Swyddog Nyrsio Cymru gysylltu'n uniongyrchol â Choleg Brenhinol yr Obstetryddion a'r Gynaecolegwyr a Choleg Brenhinol y Bydwragedd i ofyn iddynt gychwyn a chynnal adolygiad llawn o'r hyn sydd wedi digwydd a pha gamau y mae’n rhaid eu cymryd er mwyn sicrhau bod y gwasanaethau mor ddiogel â phosibl, a hynny cyn gynted â phosibl.    
  
Byddaf hefyd yn gwneud datganiad llafar i'r Cynulliad yn gynnar yr wythnos nesaf er mwyn rhoi rhagor o fanylion ar y camau sy'n cael eu cymryd mewn perthynas â'r mater hwn.   






Translation:


 
Members will be aware of the statement issued by Cwm Taf University Health Board in respect of maternity services over the last 24 hours.  The Health Board has confirmed  that following an internal review of their incident reporting process a significant number of serious incidents, including the deaths of some babies, have now been reported and are being fully investigated.  

  

I share everyone’s concern about the seriousness of the matter and the need for reassurance.  Patient safety is the overriding priority for both myself and NHS Wales. Our main concern is for the welfare of mothers and babies.  

  

My officials are in regular contact with the health board to gain immediate assurance on the investigation and actions needed to ensure the service is safe for women and babies.  

  

We are actively engaged with the Health Board to agree the support which is needed to strengthen the health board’s maternity service, both in the immediate and longer term. I have also spoken to the Chair to express my concerns and to seek direct assurance that he and the Board are taking all the necessary actions. It is essential that all those using Cwm Taf services can be reassured of excellent safe and compassionate care.  

  

I recognise the range of actions and activities being undertaken within the Health Board and specifically those actions it is putting in place to ensure services are supported with immediate effect.  Given the seriousness of this situation, I have decided that an  independent external review should be commissioned by the Welsh Government. I have therefore asked the Chief Medical and Nursing Officers for Wales to contact directly the Royal Colleges of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Midwifery to request they instigate and undertake a full review of what has happened and what now needs to happen to ensure these services are as safe as possible as quickly as possible.    

  

I will also make an oral statement to the Assembly on this matter early next week when I will set out in more detail the actions being taken.