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The Welsh Government took prompt action as the evidence began to emerge in the spring identifying the likely need for rehabilitation for people recovering from COVID\-19, which is now popularly referred to as ‘Long COVID’, and for those people indirectly affected by the lockdown measures.  Long COVID is especially but not exclusively used as a term for people with long standing health impacts from COVID\-19 that may not have required hospital treatment. Working with stakeholders, we published a National Framework for Rehabilitation in May. 


This Framework identified four population groups: those who are recovering from COVID\-19; those whose usual care for a health condition has been paused, those who have delayed approaching health services during the pandemic period for whatever reason and those whose health may have been affected by reduced activity, or contact with others as a result of restrictions, shielding and self\-isolating. 


Over the summer, we published a suite of guidance and resources to support health boards and their partners to model their population needs and to plan and develop their local rehabilitation services. 


We have emphasised the importance of developing rehabilitation services in our Winter Protection Plan and planning guidance to the NHS. 


Our approach to people recovering from COVID\-19 is focused on providing care and support as close to home as possible, tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs.


We believe this can be best achieved by providing integrated rehabilitation services for the range of longer term effects of COVID\-19, such as fatigue, breathlessness, heart, physical or psychological impacts, whether as a result of COVID\-19 or other pre\-existing conditions. The majority of people can access the rehabilitation support they need from the multi professional health and care services in the community and, only where necessary, from inpatient rehabilitation services.  


We are continuing to learn about COVID\-19\. Wales is working in a number of areas to ensure our response is based on the latest evidence and research. We are participating in the development by NICE of a clinical definition of Long COVID and subsequent guidance on diagnosis and care. 


Wales is participating in the UK Post\-Hospitalisation COVID\-19 Study (PHOSP\-COVID), funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and MRC UK Research and Innovation.  This world leading study has been established to assess the long\-term effects of COVID\-19 on patient health and recovery in 10,000 participants with the aim of informing the development of care pathways to help patients recover as fully as possible after having experienced the disease.  


The Welsh Government has and will continue to take action to support people with Long COVID. I will issue further updates as more information is available.  


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.







Translation:


 
Cymerodd Lywodraeth Cymru gamau ar unwaith pan ddechreuodd tystiolaeth ddod i’r amlwg yn y gwanwyn a oedd yn dangos ei bod yn debygol y byddai angen triniaeth adsefydlu ar bobl sy’n gwella o COVID\-19 \- yr enw poblogaidd ar hwn erbyn hyn yw ‘COVID Hir’ \- a’r bobl hynny sy’n cael eu heffeithio’n anuniongyrchol gan fesurau’r cyfyngiadau symud. Defnyddir y term ‘COVID Hir’ yn bennaf i gyfeirio at bobl ag effeithiau hirsefydlog ar eu hiechyd yn dilyn COVID\-19 ond na fu gofyn iddynt gael triniaeth yn yr ysbyty o bosibl. Gan weithio gyda rhanddeiliaid, cyhoeddwyd y Fframwaith Adsefydlu Cenedlaethol ym mis Mai.


Nododd y Fframwaith hwn bedwar grŵp o bobl: y rheini sy’n gwella o COVID\-19; y rheini y mae eu gofal arferol ar gyfer cyflwr iechyd wedi’i atal am y tro; y rheini sydd wedi oedi cyn cysylltu â gwasanaethau iechyd yn ystod cyfnod y pandemig am ba bynnag reswm; a’r rheini y gallai eu hiechyd wedi cael ei effeithio yn sgil llai o weithgarwch, neu lai o gyswllt ag eraill o ganlyniad i’r cyfyngiadau, gwarchod a hunanynysu.


Dros yr haf, cyhoeddwyd cyfres o ganllawiau ac adnoddau i gefnogi byrddau iechyd a’u partneriaid i fodelu anghenion eu poblogaethau, ac i gynllunio a datblygu eu gwasanaethau adsefydlu lleol.


Rydym wedi pwysleisio pa mor bwysig yw datblygu gwasanaethau adsefydlu yn ein Cynllun Diogelu’r Gaeaf a chanllawiau cynllunio i’r GIG.


Mae’r ffordd rydym yn trin pobl sy’n gwella o COVID\-19 yn canolbwyntio ar ddarparu gofal a chymorth mor agos *â* phosibl i’r cartref, sydd wedi’u teilwra i ddiwallu anghenion penodol unigolyn.


Credwn mai’r ffordd orau o gyflawni hyn yw drwy ddarparu gwasanaethau adsefydlu integredig ar gyfer yr ystod o effeithiau hirdymor a all godi yn sgil COVID\-19, megis blinder, diffyg anadl, effaith ar y galon, effeithiau corfforol a seicolegol, boed hynny o ganlyniad i COVID\-19 neu gyflyrau eraill oedd yn bodoli eisoes. Gall y mwyafrif o bobl gael mynediad at y cymorth adsefydlu sydd ei angen arnynt gan y gwasanaethau iechyd a gofal amlbroffesiynol yn y gymuned a, dim ond pan fo hynny’n angenrheidiol, gan wasanaethau adsefydlu cleifion mewnol.


Rydym yn parhau i ddysgu am COVID\-19\. Mae Cymru yn gweithio mewn nifer o feysydd i sicrhau bod ein hymateb yn seiliedig ar y dystiolaeth a’r ymchwil ddiweddaraf. Rydym yn rhan o’r gwaith gan NICE i ddatblygu diffiniad clinigol o COVID Hir, a chanllawiau dilynol ar ddiagnosis o gofal.


Mae Cymru yn cymryd rhan yn Astudiaeth y DU o COVID\-19 ar ôl gadael yr ysbyty (*UK Post\-Hospitalisation COVID\-19 Study*) a ariennir gan y Sefydliad Cenedlaethol dros Ymchwil Iechyd (NIHR) ac Ymchwil ac Arloesi’r DU, y Cyngor Ymchwil Feddygol. Mae’r astudiaeth flaenllaw hon wedi cael ei sefydlu i asesu effeithiau hirdymor COVID\-19 ar iechyd ac adferiad mewn 10,000 o gleifion, gyda’r nod o helpu i ddatblygu llwybrau gofal er mwyn helpu cleifion i wella cymaint â phosibl ar ôl cael y clefyd.


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cymryd camau i gefnogi pobl â COVID Hir a bydd yn parhau i wneud hynny. Byddaf yn cyhoeddi diweddariadau pellach pan fydd rhagor o wybodaeth ar gael.  


Mae'r datganiad hwn yn cael ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i'r aelodau. Os bydd yr aelodau am i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ar hyn pan fydd y Senedd yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn fodlon gwneud hynny.