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Dywedodd y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol Vaughan Gething:



> Ym mis Mawrth, gofynnais i’r Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol ohirio pob gweithdrefn ac apwyntiad rheolaidd fel y gallai ganolbwyntio ar yr ymateb i don gyntaf pandemig y coronafeirws.
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> Yn raddol, mae’r GIG wedi bod yn darparu mwy o ofal rheolaidd ond mae’r coronafeirws wedi effeithio ar bob agwedd ar ofal iechyd ac mae ein hysbytai wedi gorfod gweddnewid eu ffordd o weithio er mwyn diogelu staff a phobl ac atal lledaeniad y feirws. Mae hyn wedi cael effaith fawr ar gapasiti, gweithgarwch ac amseroedd aros.
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> Heddiw, rydym yn ailddechrau cyhoeddi ein data arferol ar gyfer mesur perfformiad y GIG. Fel y disgwyl, mae cynnydd sylweddol wedi bod mewn amseroedd aros ar gyfer triniaeth ddewisol. O ganlyniad i gyfyngiadau newydd o ran cadw pellter cymdeithasol, mesurau llym i reoli haint a mesurau eraill i ddiogelu pobl, ni all y GIG ond cyflawni tua hanner nifer y gweithdrefnau bob dydd, o’i gymharu â’r nifer cyn y pandemig.
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> Dywed Gwasanaeth Ambiwlans Cymru fod yr amser ychwanegol y mae’n ei gymryd i barafeddygon wisgo’r cyfarpar diogelu personol (PPE) gofynnol, yn ogystal â’r angen i lanhau cerbydau’n drylwyr ar ôl bod ar alwad, wedi effeithio ar ei amseroedd ymateb.
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> Yng nghyfnod cyntaf y cyfyngiadau symud, bu gostyngiad yn nifer y cleifion mewn Adrannau Argyfwng, ond bellach mae’r galw wedi dechrau dychwelyd at lefelau arferol ac mae’r Adrannau’n gweithredu gyda llai o gapasiti oherwydd gofynion rheoli haint a chadw pellter cymdeithasol.
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> Rydym yn disgwyl gaeaf heriol eleni felly rydym wedi darparu £30m o gyllid ychwanegol i gefnogi gwasanaethau gofal brys ac argyfwng a chynyddu cadernid ar gyfer gweddill 2020/21\.
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> Mae gan bob un o’n byrddau iechyd nawr gynlluniau i weithredu o dan yr amgylchiadau newydd hyn a gweld cleifion yn ôl blaenoriaeth glinigol, ond bydd yn cymryd amser hir i ddychwelyd i’r sefyllfa yr oeddem ynddi cyn y pandemig. Bydd hynny'n gofyn am adnoddau sylweddol yn ychwanegol at yr arian presennol i ymateb i'r pandemig anorffenedig.







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The Minister for Health and Social Services Vaughan Gething said:



> In March, I directed NHS Wales to postpone all routine procedures and appointments so it could focus on its response to the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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> Since then, our NHS has gradually been providing more routine care. However, every aspect of healthcare has been affected by coronavirus. Our hospitals have had to transform the way they operate to keep staff and people safe and to prevent the spread of the virus. This has had a major impact on capacity, activity and waiting times.
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> Today, the publication of our usual NHS performance measures resumes. As expected, we have seen a significant rise in waiting times for elective treatment. Operating with new social distancing restrictions, strict infection control and other measures to keep people safe, mean the NHS is only able to carry out about half the number of procedures every day, compared to pre\-pandemic levels.
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> The Welsh Ambulance Service has reported its response times have been impacted by the additional time it takes for paramedics to put on the required level of PPE, as well as the need to deep clean vehicles after call outs.
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> While in the early part of lockdown our Emergency Departments saw a fall in the usual footfall, demand has begun to return to normal levels at a time when they are now operating with reduced capacity due to infection control and physical distancing requirements.
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> In anticipation of a challenging winter period, we have made an additional £30m funding available to support urgent and emergency care services and increase resilience over the remainder of 2020/21\.
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> All our health boards now have plans in place to operate under these new circumstances and to see patients in order of clinical priority. However just as in other UK nations it will take a long time to return to the position we were in before the pandemic. That will require significant resources over and above the current funding to respond to the unfinished pandemic.