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Mae’r Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol (GIG) yng Nghymru wedi gweithio’n eithriadol o galed gydol y pandemig COVID\-19 i wneud popeth posibl i gadw’r feirws allan o ysbytai ac i ddiogelu pobl sy’n derbyn gofal, a hynny’n aml mewn amgylchiadau hynod anodd.


Cafodd mesurau rheoli heintiau trwyadl eu rhoi ar waith ar draws holl leoliadau’r GIG, gan gynnwys mewn ysbytai. Mae cyfarpar diogelu personol rhad ac am ddim wedi bod ar gael i holl wasanaethau’r GIG a gwasanaethau gofal cymdeithasol drwy gydol y pandemig.


Cafodd canllawiau eu cyhoeddi a’u diweddaru yn rheolaidd mewn perthynas â chadw pellter cymdeithasol, y gwagle y dylid ei ganiatáu rhwng gwelyau, profi staff a chleifion a gwisgo masgiau. At hynny, cynhaliwyd amryw o wiriadau gan fyrddau iechyd, Arolygiaeth Gofal


Iechyd Cymru a’r Awdurdod Gweithredol Iechyd a Diogelwch.


Fodd bynnag, er gwaetha’r ymdrech aruthrol hon ac er bod yr holl fesurau hyn ar waith, cafwyd achosion o unigolion yn dal COVID\-19 yn yr ysbyty. Haint a gafwyd yn yr ysbyty sydd i gyfrif am oddeutu 1% o’r holl heintiadau COVID\-19\. Mae’n drist iawn nodi, mewn rhai achosion, fod rhai unigolion wedi cael niwed neu wedi marw o ganlyniad i ddal COVID\-19 yn yr ysbyty.


Mae achosion o haint a gafwyd yn yr ysbyty yn cael eu galw yn heintiadau nosocomiaidd. Mae gan GIG Cymru system ar waith sy’n cofnodi pob achos o haint a gafwyd yn yr ysbyty drwy’r gronfa ddata ICNET – system sy’n gwbl unigryw yn y DU.


Os bydd unigolion yn dal COVID\-19 yn yr ysbyty, ac yn cael niwed o ganlyniad, mae’n bwysig bod GIG Cymru yn agored gyda’r unigolion a’u perthnasau. Mae hefyd yn bwysig bod y bwrdd iechyd yn cynnal ymchwiliad i bennu beth sydd wedi digwydd, beth y gellir ei ddysgu a beth sydd angen ei wneud nesaf i leihau’r tebygolrwydd y bydd hyn yn digwydd i unrhyw un arall.


Gan fod cyfraddau trosglwyddo COVID\-19 yn y gymuned wedi codi i lefel na welwyd erioed o’r blaen dros yr wythnosau diwethaf – cynnydd a ysgogwyd gan yr amrywiolyn Omicron – rydym wedi gweld cynnydd hefyd yn nifer y derbyniadau i’r ysbyty a chynnydd cysylltiedig yn nifer yr heintiadau nosocomiaidd.


Mae ymchwilio i’r niwed a achoswyd gan drosglwyddiadau nosocomiaidd COVID\-19 wedi chwarae rhan bwysig bob amser i ddylanwadu ar y ffordd y bydd canllawiau yn cael eu gweithredu’n lleol. Byddwn yn parhau i roi pwyslais allweddol ar ddysgu o ymchwiliadau o’r fath.


Rwyf wedi cytuno felly i ddarparu £4\.54m dros ddwy flynedd i gefnogi byrddau iechyd ac Uned Gyflawni’r GIG i ddatblygu rhaglen o waith ymchwil bwysig a chymhleth i achosion o heintiadau COVID\-19 a gafwyd yn yr ysbyty.


Mae GIG Cymru wedi datblygu a chyhoeddi fframwaith cenedlaethol unigryw mewn perthynas â digwyddiadau sy’n ymwneud â diogelwch cleifion o ganlyniad i heintiadau COVID\-19 a gafwyd yn yr ysbyty. Mae’r fframwaith yn nodi’r camau gweithredu y dylai byrddau iechyd eu cymryd i ymateb i achosion o heintiadau COVID\-19 a gafwyd yn yr ysbyty – wrth adrodd am ddigwyddiadau, ymchwilio iddynt ac wrth rannu gwybodaeth am ddigwyddiadau o’r fath.


Mae byrddau iechyd eisoes wedi dechrau gweithredu’r fframwaith a bydd y cyllid ychwanegol rwy’n ei gyhoeddi heddiw yn caniatáu i’r gwaith hwn gael ei wneud yn gyflym.


Bydd Uned Gyflawni’r GIG yn goruchwylio’r gwaith o gyflwyno’r fframwaith ac yn cefnogi byrddau iechyd i fynd ati i gwblhau’r gwaith yn gyflymach.







Translation:


 
The NHS in Wales has worked incredibly hard throughout the Covid\-19 pandemic to do all it can to keep the virus out of hospitals and to protect people being cared for, often in very difficult circumstances.


Rigorous infection control procedures have been in place in all NHS settings, including hospitals; free PPE has been available to all NHS and social care services throughout the pandemic; guidance has been issued and regularly updated about social distancing, bed spacing, staff and patient testing and mask wearing and multiple checks have been undertaken by health boards, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and the Health and Safety Executive.


But despite this huge effort and all these measures being in place, Covid\-19 infections have been contracted in hospitals. They account for around 1% of all Covid\-19 infections. Very sadly, in some cases, some people have come to harm or died after acquiring Covid\-19 in hospitals.


These hospital\-acquired infections are called nosocomial infections. The NHS in Wales has a system in place to record every incident of a hospital\-acquired infection via the ICNET database – this is unique in the UK.


If an incident does occur of hospital acquired covid 19 which causes harm it is important that NHS Wales is open with people and their relatives and it is important that the health board undertakes an investigation to determine what has happened, what can be learned and what needs to happen next to minimise the likelihood of the incident happening to anyone else.


As COVID\-19 community transmission rates have risen to unprecedentedly high levels in recent weeks, driven by the spread of the Omicron variant, we have seen an increase in hospital admissions and an associated rise in numbers of nosocomial infections.


Investigations of harm that has occurred due to nosocomial transmission of COVID\-19 have always played an important part in shaping the way that guidance has been implemented locally. Learning from investigations will remain a key focus.


I have therefore agreed to provide £4\.54m over two years to support health boards and the NHS Delivery Unit to take forward an important and complex programme of investigation work into cases of hospital\-acquired Covid\-19\.


NHS Wales has developed and published a unique national framework in relation to patient safety incidents of hospital acquired Covid\-19\. The framework sets out the actions health boards should take in response to cases of hospital\-acquired Covid\-19 in relation to incident reporting, investigation and associated communications.


Health boards have already begun to implement the framework and the additional funding I am announcing today will allow this work to be delivered at pace.


The NHS Delivery Unit will oversee delivery of the framework and support health boards in increasing the pace of implementation.