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The Minister has written to health board chairs setting out her appreciation for the huge strides made by NHS workers in clearing waiting lists, with 96% of pathways on waiting lists now under two years, but has emphasised that more needs to be done to eliminate the longest waits.  


Two year waits have reduced by 55% since the target was set, from 70,417 in March 2022 to 31,726 in March this year.


The majority of those waits, at 86%, are in seven speciality areas, that were recognised as difficult to clear when the ambitious targets were set a year ago. Those areas are Dermatology, General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Urology, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics and Ear, Nose and Throat.


NHS Wales continues to see extremely high demand, with 1\.4 million referrals for hospital appointments in the past year – equivalent to nearly half the population of Wales.


Average daily referrals in March this year were the highest on record and 14% higher than 12 months before.


Today’s statistics show an improvement in ambulance response times, with the best ambulance performance for immediately life\-threatened patients in almost a year.


Health boards also increased the number of people being treated for cancer, while  14,230 people received the welcome news that they were clear of cancer, an 11\.8% increase on the previous month.


A year since setting new targets for the NHS, as part of the recovery programme following the pandemic, health boards have shown some improvement, but this varies across Wales.


This is now demonstrated in the published statistical reports, where the performance of each health board can be monitored. People can also get a better sense of where they are in their health board’s waiting list by visiting the planned care pages on the 111 website.


The Minister said:



> I have written to the health boards to express my disappointment that they have not hit the target for people waiting over two years for treatment.
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> I want to see more innovation, like at Ysbyty Gwynedd, where more than 90% of breast cancer surgery is performed as day cases, allowing patients to be managed more efficiently and recover more comfortably and sooner at home.
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> The most urgent cases must still be prioritised, but I expect health boards to work through their waiting lists more quickly. This includes by treating in\-turn; increasing significantly the number of the longest waits through more day cases; provision of dedicated ring\-fenced planned care beds; more efficient use of theatres; and reducing cancellations, late starts and early finishes of surgery.   
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> A year on from the launch of our Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Programme, there are signs of encouragement in today’s urgent and emergency care figures, while we recognise there is still more work to be done.
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> Our ambulance service continues to receive historically high levels of red calls, where we have seen a 99% increase over the past four years. The number of red ambulance calls attended within the eight\-minute target was 5\.6 percentage points higher than in March, and 83% of red calls were answered within 15 minutes. The average response to amber patients in April was almost 40 minutes quicker than the previous month.
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> The average time spent by patients in Emergency Departments was just under 2 hours 40 minutes, an improvement on last month. There was also a 11% drop in the number of patients who spent over 12 hours in emergency departments before being admitted, transferred or discharged.
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> While I am disappointed that health boards have missed their two\-year waiting list target, I am pleased to see significant improvements have been made and I will continue to hold health boards to account.







Translation:


 
Mae’r Gweinidog wedi ysgrifennu at gadeiryddion y byrddau iechyd yn datgan ei gwerthfawrogiad o’r camau enfawr ymlaen sydd wedi’u cymryd gan weithwyr y GIG i glirio rhestrau aros, gyda 96% o’r llwybrau ar restrau aros yn llai na dwy flynedd bellach, ond mae wedi pwysleisio bod angen gwneud mwy i ddileu’r amseroedd aros hiraf.


Mae’r amseroedd aros dwy flynedd wedi gostwng 55% ers gosod y targed, o 70,417 ym mis Mawrth 2022 i 31,726 ym mis Mawrth eleni.


Mae’r rhan fwyaf o’r amseroedd aros hynny, sef 86%, mewn saith maes arbenigol, a gafodd eu cydnabod fel rhai anodd eu clirio pan osodwyd y targedau uchelgeisiol flwyddyn yn ôl. Y meysydd hynny yw Dermatoleg, Llawfeddygaeth Gyffredinol, Offthalmoleg, Wroleg, Gynaecoleg, Orthopaedeg a’r Clust, yr Trwyn a’r Gwddf.


Mae GIG Cymru yn parhau i weld galw eithriadol uchel, gydag 1\.4m o atgyfeiriadau ar gyfer apwyntiadau ysbyty yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf – sy’n cyfateb i bron i hanner poblogaeth Cymru.


Roedd yr atgyfeiriadau dyddiol ar gyfartaledd ym mis Mawrth eleni yr uchaf ar gofnod a 14% yn uwch na 12 mis ynghynt.


Mae’r ystadegau heddiw yn dangos gwelliant mewn amseroedd ymateb ambiwlansys, gyda’r perfformiad gorau gan ambiwlansys ar gyfer cleifion sy’n wynebu bygythiad uniongyrchol i fywyd ers bron i flwyddyn.


Hefyd cynyddodd y byrddau iechyd nifer y bobl sy’n cael eu trin am ganser, tra bo 14,230 o bobl wedi derbyn newyddion i’w groesawu eu bod yn glir o ganser, cynnydd o 11\.8% ar y mis blaenorol.


Flwyddyn ers gosod targedau newydd ar gyfer y GIG, fel rhan o’r rhaglen adfer yn dilyn y pandemig, mae’r byrddau iechyd wedi dangos rhywfaint o welliant ond mae’n amrywio ledled Cymru.


Dangosir hyn yn awr yn yr adroddiadau ystadegol sy’n cael eu cyhoeddi, lle gellir monitro perfformiad pob bwrdd iechyd. Gall pobl hefyd gael gwell syniad o ble maen nhw ar restr aros eu bwrdd iechyd drwy fynd i’r tudalennau gofal wedi’i gynllunio ar y wefan 111.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog:



> Rydw i wedi ysgrifennu at y byrddau iechyd i fynegi fy siom nad ydyn nhw wedi cyrraedd y targed ar gyfer pobol sy’n aros dros ddwy flynedd am driniaeth.
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> Rydw i eisiau gweld mwy o arloesi, fel yn Ysbyty Gwynedd, lle mae mwy na 90% o lawdriniaethau canser y fron yn cael eu cwblhau fel achosion dydd, gan alluogi i gleifion gael eu rheoli’n fwy effeithlon a gwella’n fwy cyfforddus ac yn gynt gartref.
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> Mae’n rhaid i’r achosion mwyaf brys gael eu blaenoriaethu o hyd, ond rydw i’n disgwyl i fyrddau iechyd weithio drwy eu rhestrau aros yn gyflymach. Mae hyn yn cynnwys drwy drin pawb yn eu tro; cynyddu'n sylweddol nifer yr amseroedd aros hiraf sy’n cael sylw drwy fwy o achosion dydd; darparu gwelyau gofal wedi'i gynllunio penodol wedi'u neilltuo; defnydd mwy effeithlon o theatrau; a lleihau nifer yr achosion o ganslo, dechrau'n hwyr a gorffen llawdriniaethau yn gynnar.
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> Flwyddyn ers lansio ein Rhaglen Chwe Nod ar gyfer Gofal Brys ac Argyfwng, mae arwyddion o anogaeth yn ffigurau gofal brys ac argyfwng heddiw, er ein bod yn cydnabod bod mwy o waith i’w wneud o hyd.
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> Mae ein gwasanaeth ambiwlans yn parhau i dderbyn lefelau hanesyddol uchel o alwadau coch ac rydym wedi gweld cynnydd o 99% yn nifer y galwadau mwyaf difrifol yn ystod y pedair blynedd diwethaf. Roedd nifer y galwadau ambiwlans coch a gafodd sylw o fewn y targed o wyth munud 5\.6 pwynt canran yn uwch nag ym mis Mawrth, ac atebwyd 83% o alwadau coch o fewn 15 munud. Roedd yr ymateb ar gyfartaledd i gleifion oren ym mis Ebrill bron i 40 munud yn gyflymach na'r mis blaenorol.
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> Yr amser a dreuliwyd ar gyfartaledd gan gleifion mewn Adrannau Achosion Brys oedd ychydig o dan 2 awr 40 munud, gwelliant ar y mis diwethaf. Roedd gostyngiad hefyd o 11% yn nifer y cleifion a dreuliodd fwy na 12 awr mewn adrannau brys cyn cael eu derbyn, eu trosglwyddo neu eu rhyddhau.
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> Er fy mod yn siomedig bod y byrddau iechyd wedi methu cyrraedd eu targed o ran y rhestrau aros dwy flynedd, rydw i’n falch o weld bod gwelliannau sylweddol wedi’u gwneud a byddaf yn parhau i ddal y byrddau iechyd i gyfrif.