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Mae'r Ysgrifennydd Iechyd wedi datgelu gwelliannau i Safonau Cymru Gyfan ar gyfer Pobl â Nam ar y Synhwyrau, sy'n helpu i sicrhau eu bod yn cael gwybodaeth am wasanaethau mewn modd hygyrch a dealladwy, yn ogystal ag unrhyw gymorth sydd ei angen arnynt wrth gyfathrebu. 

O’r mis hwn ymlaen, gofynnir i feddygfeydd teulu yng Nghymru gofnodi anghenion gwybodaeth a chyfathrebu eu cleifion sydd â nam ar y synhwyrau. Bydd y system yn golygu bod gan staff meddygfeydd teulu y dulliau sydd eu hangen arnynt i ddiwallu anghenion claf, megis sut i lunio llythyron mewn print bras, a rhoi nodiadau atgoffa ar gofnodion cleifion.

Bydd yr ail gam yn sicrhau bod anghenion gwybodaeth a chyfathrebu claf yn cael eu hanfon yn awtomatig pan fydd meddyg teulu yn atgyfeirio claf i'r ysbyty. Bydd hyn yn golygu felly y bydd yn fwy tebygol bod yr anghenion hyn yn cael eu diwallu. 

Ar hyn o bryd, ychydig bach iawn o wybodaeth fel hon sy'n cael ei gofnodi fel mater o drefn mewn meddygfeydd teulu ac adrannau ysbytai. Mae hyn yn golygu y gall fod yn anodd rhannu gwybodaeth am anghenion cyfathrebu claf mewn ffordd ddiogel ac effeithiol rhwng meddygfeydd, adrannau ysbytai a gwasanaethau gofal iechyd eraill.

Mae nam ar y synhwyrau yn effeithio ar bobl o bob oed ac mae gan fwy na 600,000 o bobl yng Nghymru nam ar eu clyw neu eu golwg, neu gyfuniad o'r ddau. Mae'r problemau hyn yn arbennig o gyffredin ymhlith oedolion hŷn, gyda dros 70% o'r boblogaeth dros 70 oed yn dioddef o nam ar eu clyw, ac 1 ym mhob 3 o bobl dros 85 oed yn byw gyda nam ar eu golwg yng Nghymru.

Yn 2014, datgelodd arolwg gan Action on Hearing Loss Cymru, RNIB Cymru a Sense Cymru mai dim ond 1 ym mhob 5 o’r bobl a gymerodd ran yn yr arolwg oedd wedi cael eu holi gan staff yr GIG am eu hanghenion gwybodaeth a chyfathrebu.

Dywedodd yr Ysgrifennydd Iechyd, Vaughan Gething:

"Mae anghydraddoldeb iechyd yn broblem rydw i wedi ymrwymo i fynd i'r afael â hi yma yng Nghymru, drwy roi anghenion defnyddwyr gwasanaethau wrth galon y ffordd rydym yn darparu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus allweddol gan gynnwys y gwasanaeth iechyd.

"Mae pobl sydd â \&nbsp;nam ar eu synhwyrau yn fwy tebygol o ddioddef cyflyrau iechyd, yn ogystal â lefelau uwch o salwch meddwl. Felly, mae angen iddynt fod yn gallu cael mynediad at bob math o ofal iechyd, nid dim ond gwasanaethau offthalmoleg ac awdioleg.

"Rwy'n falch ein bod yn arwain ar yr ymgyrch 'Gwneud Synnwyr' eleni, sy'n ein galluogi i addysgu ac atgoffa gweithwyr iechyd proffesiynol am eu rhwymedigaethau cyfreithiol, er mwyn sicrhau bod pobl sydd â nam ar eu synhwyrau yn gallu ymdrin â'u problemau iechyd yn yr un modd â'r rheini heb nam ar y synhwyrau. Bydd yn ofynnol i holl fyrddau iechyd ac ymddiriedolaethau'r GIG weithredu'r Safon hon i sicrhau gwybodaeth hygyrch.”







Translation:


 
The Health Secretary has unveiled improvements to the All Wales Sensory Loss Standards, which help ensure people with sensory loss get information about services they can access and understand, as well as any communication support they need. 

From this month, GP surgeries in Wales are being asked to identify and record the information and communication needs of their patients with sensory loss issues. The system will give GP surgery staff the tools they need to meet a patient’s needs, such as how to generate letters in large print and add prompts to medical records.

The second phase will ensure that when a GP surgery refers a patient to hospital, their information and communication needs will be automatically sent with the referral, therefore increasing the likelihood of these needs being met.

At present, very little information of this kind is routinely captured and recorded in GP surgeries and hospital departments. This means it can be difficult to safely and effectively share information about a patient’s communication needs within and between GP surgeries, hospital departments and other healthcare services.

Sensory loss affects people of all ages and there are more than 600,000 people in Wales with hearing or sight loss or a combination of both. These problems are particularly common in older adults with 70% of the population aged over 70 and over living with hearing loss and 1 in 3 people over the age of 85 living with sight loss in Wales.

In 2014, a survey by Action on Hearing Loss Cymru, RNIB Cymru and Sense Cymru reported that only 1 in 5 people surveyed had been asked by NHS staff about their information and communication needs.

Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said;


> “Health inequality is an issue I’m committed to addressing here in Wales, by putting the needs of service users at the heart of how we deliver key public services, including health.
> 
> “People with sensory loss are more likely to experience major health conditions, as well as higher levels of mental ill health, therefore they need to be able to access all areas of healthcare, not just ophthalmology and audiology services. 
> 
> “I’m pleased we are leading on the ‘It Makes Sense’ campaign this year, which allows us to inform and remind health professionals of their legal obligations, to ensure that people with sensory loss are able to address all their health issues as easily as those without sensory loss. All health boards and NHS trusts will be required to implement the Accessible Information Standard.”