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This Written Statement was revised on 30 July 2020, a letter regarding the revision was issued from the Minister for Health and Social Services to all Members of the Senedd and can be found below.


I am responding to the outcomes of the 34th NHS Pay review body (NHSPRB) and 49th Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB). I am grateful to the Chair and members of the NHSPRB and DDRB for their report, and I welcome their robust independent recommendations and observations. I know too that their advice is greatly valued by NHS management, trade unions and staff representatives alike.


I am pleased to announce today that I have been able to accept the recommendations of the both the NHS PRB and DDRB in full. 


This includes a 3% increase for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions which includes employed nurses, cleaners, porters and health care support workers.


An increase of 3% will also apply to all groups of employed doctors and dentists; this includes consultants, doctors in training, pre 2021 specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctor contracts, salaried GPs and dentists. 


The recommended 3% uplift in pay for contracted GPs and dentists is subject to overall contract changes for General Medical and General Dental Services. My officials will be negotiating with the representative bodies to deliver changes in line with the Government’s agenda to improve access to services and a clear emphasis on a preventative health agenda.


After a tremendously difficult 16 months for our incredibly hard working staff, this pay rise recognises their dedication and commitment and their absolutely vital contribution to our response throughout the course of this pandemic, whilst also taking into account affordability and the prioritising of patient care.


This payment is the annual pay uplift for NHS staff for 2021/22 and is in addition to the NHS and Social Care bonus payment which was announced by the previous Minister for Health and Social Services in March 2021\. That one off payment of £735 was to acknowledge the phenomenal commitment and compassionate care provided by our health and social care workforce to the people of Wales when we have been at our most vulnerable.


For our lowest paid staff, this means we remain in line with the living wage foundation recommendation of £9\.50 an hour which we implemented from April 2021, with our starting salary being £18,576 pa (£9\.50 per hour). This demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that NHS Wales remains a Living Wage employer.


As yet the UK Treasury has provided no information if additional funding will be made available to help cover the cost of any recommended uplift above the 1% cap previously announced, but we will be pressing them to give us additional funding to cover this. 


The delivery of excellent care is our top priority, and this is why we are continuing to make positive progress in supporting the NHS workforce to manage and boost their health and wellbeing, recognising that fair pay is an important factor in both. That is why I am also announcing today that a prototype Workforce Wellbeing Conversation Framework Tool has been developed in social partnership and will be launched later this month for use across health and social care settings in Wales.


I truly value and admire the hard work and dedication of our health and social care and I recognise the acute demands of the past 16 months. As we move toward a busy recovery period, balanced alongside the very real need for our workforce to take proper time to rest and recuperate, it is incredibly important that we are pro\-actively talking openly and honestly with each other about our own and each other’s’ individual wellbeing needs.


This framework tool will encourage and help managers and staff to navigate these conversations and offer an opportunity to provide sign\-posting to additional support available where appropriate.


This tool is intended to be the first of its kind so feedback from those who use the tool will inform future developments and ensure that we are providing something useful and practical whilst also allowing Welsh Government and employers to understand how many conversations are taking place.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Senedd returns I would be happy to do so.





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Cafodd y Datganiad Ysgrifenedig hwn ei adolygu ar 30 Gorffennaf 2020, ac anfonodd y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol lythyr ynghylch hynny at bob Aelod o’r Senedd, sydd ar gael isod.


Rwy’n ymateb i ganlyniadau Corff Adolygu Cyflogau’r GIG rhif 34 a Chorff Adolygu Meddygon a Deintyddion rhif 49 a gafodd eu gosod gerbron Senedd San Steffan ar 21 Gorffennaf 2021\. Rwy’n ddiolchgar i Gadeirydd ac aelodau Corff Adolygu Cyflogau’r GIG a’r Corff Adolygu Meddygon a Deintyddion am eu hadroddiad, ac rwy’n croesawu eu hargymhellion a’u sylwadau trylwyr ac annibynnol. Rwy’n gwybod hefyd bod eu cyngor yn cael ei werthfawrogi’n fawr gan reolwyr y GIG, yr undebau llafur, a chynrychiolwyr y staff.


Heddiw, mae’n bleser gennyf gyhoeddi fy mod wedi gallu derbyn argymhellion y ddau gorff yn llawn. 


Maent yn cynnwys cynnydd o 3% i staff ar delerau ac amodau’r Agenda ar gyfer Newid, sy’n cynnwys nyrsys, glanhawyr, porthorion, a gweithwyr cymorth gofal iechyd a gyflogir. 


Bydd cynnydd o 3% hefyd yn cael ei weithredu mewn perthynas â phob grŵp o feddygon a deintyddion a gyflogir, gan gynnwys meddygon ymgynghorol, meddygon dan hyfforddiant, y rheini ar gontractau meddygon arbenigol ac arbenigol cyswllt cyn 2021, meddygon teulu a deintyddion cyflogedig. 


Mae’r cynnydd mewn tâl o 3% a argymhellir ar gyfer meddygon teulu a deintyddion sydd ar gontract yn rhan o newidiadau cyffredinol i gontractau Gwasanaethau Meddygon Cyffredinol a Gwasanaethau Deintyddol Cyffredinol. Bydd fy swyddogion yn negodi gyda’r cyrff sy’n eu cynrychioli i weithredu newidiadau yn unol ag agenda’r Llywodraeth i wella mynediad at wasanaethau a sicrhau bod pwyslais clir ar yr agenda atal ym maes iechyd.


Ar ôl 16 o fisoedd hynod anodd i’n staff sydd wedi gweithio mor eithriadol o galed, mae’r codiad cyflog hwn yn cydnabod ymroddiad ac ymrwymiad staff y GIG, a’u cyfraniad cwbl hanfodol i ymateb y GIG drwy gydol y pandemig, gan ystyried yr angen iddo fod yn fforddiadwy ar yr un pryd, a’r angen i flaenoriaethu gofal y claf.


Hwn yw’r codiad cyflog blynyddol i staff y GIG ar gyfer 2021/22, ac mae’n ychwanegol at daliad bonws y GIG a Gofal Cymdeithasol a gafodd ei gyhoeddi gan y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol blaenorol ym mis Mawrth 2021\. Diben y taliad untro hwnnw o £735 oedd cydnabod lefel anhygoel y gofal caredig a diflino a roddwyd gan ein gweithlu iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol i bobl Cymru pan oeddem yn fwyaf agored i niwed.


O ran ein staff sydd ar y cyflog isaf, mae hyn yn golygu ein bod yn parhau i’w talu’n unol â’r argymhelliad o £9\.50 yr awr a wnaed gan y Living Wage Foundation, sef argymhelliad yr oeddem wedi ei weithredu o fis Ebrill 2021, gan dalu cyflog cychwynnol o £18,576 y flwyddyn (£9\.50 yr awr). Mae hyn yn dangos ein hymrwymiad i sicrhau bod GIG Cymru yn parhau’n gyflogwr sy’n darparu cyflog byw.  

   

Hyd yn hyn, nid yw Trysorlys y DU wedi darparu unrhyw wybodaeth o ran a fydd cyllid ychwanegol ar gael i helpu i dalu cost unrhyw gynnydd a argymhellir sydd yn uwch na’r cap o 1% a gyhoeddwyd yn flaenorol, ond byddwn yn rhoi pwysau arno i roi’r cyllid ychwanegol inni ar gyfer talu am hyn.


Darparu gofal rhagorol yw ein blaenoriaeth bennaf, a dyna pam yr ydym yn parhau i gymryd camau cadarnhaol i helpu gweithlu’r GIG i reoli a gwella eu hiechyd a’u llesiant, gan gydnabod bod sicrhau cyflog teg yn elfen bwysig o hynny. Hefyd dyna pam yr wyf yn cyhoeddi heddiw bod prototeip o adnodd sy’n darparu fframwaith i alluogi sgwrs am lesiant y gweithlu wedi cael ei ddatblygu mewn partneriaeth gymdeithasol, ac y bydd yn cael ei lansio yn nes ymlaen y mis hwn i’w ddefnyddio ar draws lleoliadau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru.


Rwy’n wir edmygu gwaith caled ac ymroddiad diflino ein gwasanaethau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, a mawr yw fy ngwerthfawrogiad ohonynt, ac rwy’n cydnabod y galwadau hynod drwm a fu arnynt yn ystod y 16 mis diwethaf. Wrth inni symud tuag at gyfnod adfer prysur, lle y bydd yn rhaid cydbwyso anghenion ein gweithlu i gael hoe ac i ddadflino, mae’n hynod bwysig ein bod yn darparu ffordd o gael sgwrs agored ac onest â’n gilydd ynghylch ein hanghenion llesiant ni ein hunain ac anghenion llesiant unigol eraill.


Bydd yr adnodd hwn yn annog ac yn helpu rheolwyr a staff i ganfod eu ffordd drwy’r sgyrsiau hyn, gan gynnig cyfle i gyfeirio at y cymorth ychwanegol sydd ar gael lle bo hynny’n briodol.


Bwriedir i’r adnodd fod y cyntaf o’i fath, ac felly bydd adborth y rheini sy’n ei ddefnyddio yn helpu i lywio datblygiadau yn y dyfodol er mwyn sicrhau ein bod yn darparu rhywbeth defnyddiol ac ymarferol ac ar yr un pryd yn caniatáu i Lywodraeth Cymru a’r cyflogwyr wybod faint o sgyrsiau a gynhelir.


Caiff y datganiad hwn ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau. Os bydd aelodau yn dymuno i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Senedd yn dychwelyd, byddaf yn hapus i wneud hynny.





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