Translate the text from Welsh to English.



 
Mynnodd pandemig Covid\-19 ymateb diogelu iechyd ar raddfa na welwyd ei thebyg o'r blaen. Addasodd y system diogelu iechyd yng Nghymru yn gyflym er mwyn ymateb. Mae'n hanfodol ein bod yn dysgu o'r ffordd roedd y system yn gweithredu cyn y pandemig, a'i hymateb yn ystod y pandemig, er mwyn gwneud y mwyaf o'n gallu i ymateb i fygythiadau presennol, bygythiadau sy'n dod i'r amlwg a bygythiadau yn y dyfodol.


Yn ystod Haf 2022 cytunais i gomisiynu adolygiad annibynnol o’r system diogelu iechyd yng Nghymru. Cynhaliwyd yr adolygiad gan David Heymann – sy’n Athro Epidemioleg Clefyd Heintus yn Ysgol Hylendid a Meddygaeth Drofannol Llundain ac yn Bennaeth ar y Ganolfan ar Ddiogelwch Iechyd Byd\-eang yn Chatham House, Llundain. O 2012 i fis Mawrth 2017, Heymann oedd Cadeirydd Public Health England. Cafodd ei gefnogi gan Sara Hayes a oedd gynt yn Gyfarwyddwr Iechyd y Cyhoedd ar Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Abertawe Bro Morgannwg.


Mae’r adolygiad bellach wedi dod i ben, a chyhoeddwyd yr adroddiad terfynol heddiw. Gwnaeth yr adolygwyr ganmol yr arloesedd a ddangoswyd yng Nghymru yn ystod y pandemig a’r ffordd y gwnaeth unigolion weithio gyda’i gilydd ar draws ffiniau sefydliadol i ymateb ar gyfer pobl Cymru. Mae eu hadroddiad yn cynnig argymhellion o ran sut gellid cryfhau system diogelwch iechyd Cymru ymhellach.


Mae’n bleser gen i groesawu’r adroddiad hwn a hoffwn ddiolch i David a Sara. Rwyf hefyd yn gwerthfawrogi’r unigolion a’r sefydliadau ar draws ein system diogelu iechyd y cyhoedd. Mae eu barn arbenigol a’u hymgysylltiad wedi cyfrannu at yr adolygiad hwn. Bydd yn hanfodol i ni yma yng Nghymru adeiladau ar y cydweithrediad hwn a manteisio i’r eithaf ar y momentwm rydym wedi’i greu o’n hymateb ar y cyd i’r pandemig, er mwyn cryfhau ein system diogelu iechyd ar gyfer cenedlaethau’r dyfodol.


Mae trafodaethau â phartneriaid eisoes wedi dechrau, ac mae cynllun gweithredu cychwynnol wedi’i ddatblygu er mwyn amlinellu sut bydd y system yn cydweithio i fynd i’r afael ag argymhellion yr adolygiad hwn. Caiff y gwaith gweithredu ei oruchwylio gan Grŵp Cynghori Diogelwch Iechyd a gadeirir gan y Prif Swyddog Meddygol.


Byddaf yn parhau i roi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i Aelodau am gynnydd y gwaith.







Translation:


 
The Covid\-19 pandemic demanded a health protection response at an unprecedented scale and the health protection system in Wales adapted quickly to respond. It is critical we learn from the way the system operated pre\-pandemic and its’ response during the pandemic to maximise our capability to respond to current, emerging and future threats.


In Summer 2022 I agreed to commission an independent review of the health protection system in Wales. The review was conducted by David Heymann \- Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Head of the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House, London. From 2012 to March 2017, he was Chairman of Public Health England. David was supported by Sara Hayes who was formerly Director of Public Health at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board.


The review has now concluded, and the final report has been published today. The reviewers praised the innovation shown in Wales during the pandemic and the way individuals worked together across organisational boundaries to respond for the people of Wales. Their report provides recommendations as to how the health protection system in Wales can be further strengthened.


I am pleased to welcome this report and extend my thanks to both David and Sara. I am also grateful to the individuals and organisations across our public health protection system whose expert opinion and engagement has contributed to this review. It will be essential for us in Wales to build on this collaboration and capitalise on the momentum we have created from our collective response to the pandemic to strengthen our health protection system for future generations.


Discussions have already started with partners and an initial implementation plan to outline how the system will work together to address the recommendations of this review has been developed. The implementation work will be overseen by the Health Protection Advisory Group chaired by the Chief Medical Officer.


I will continue to keep Members updated on progress.