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Community Health Councils fulfil an important role in providing a voice for patients and in monitoring the NHS throughout Wales.  On their inception in April 2010, the previous Minister for Health and Social Services announced a review of Community Health Councils should be undertaken two years after their inception. I have decided this review will commence in April 2012 and be undertaken by Professor Marcus Longley of the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care.


The terms of reference of the Review are:


Working with stakeholders, including Community Health Councils, Local Health Boards and Trusts, Local Authorities, the Third Sector, NHS Confederation, Health Bodies such as PHW, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, the Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales, the Children’s Commissioner and the Older People’s Commissioner, the review will:


 


* undertake a root and branch review of the governance of Community Health Councils and, in particular, to make recommendations on
	+ the operational structure
	+ lines of accountability including links to the Welsh Government
	+ the role and responsibilities of the Director of the Board of Community Health Councils
	+ the membership structure and the appointment processes
	+ making effective use of Third Sector and Local Authorities membership


* recommend where and how we need to develop Community Health Councils, including the members, into ‘professional’ organisations which fit the strategic needs of ‘Together for Health’


* review how Community Health Councils and Health Boards are working together for the benefit of people in Wales including how they fulfil their statutory obligations


* review what we are getting for our money and  where Community Health Councils can be more efficient


* identify good practice examples within the Community Health Councils which need to be more widely adopted and how this can be done


* review and make recommendations on any future developments on their “critical friend” role in relation to Health Boards, including acting as the ‘patients’ voice


* consider their relationship with the Welsh Government and other bodies including Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, the Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales, the Children’s Commissioner and the Older People’s Commissioner


* consider how the Advocacy Service should be provided in the future.


 


I anticipate the review will report to me in June. This will be followed by formal consultations on its recommendations over the summer.  I will report the findings of the review to the Assembly in the Autumn.







Translation:


 
Mae Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned yn cyflawni rôl bwysig gan roi llais i gleifion a monitro’r GIG ledled Cymru. Pan gawsant eu creu ym mis Ebrill 2010, cyhoeddodd y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol ar y pryd y dylid adolygu Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned ddwy flynedd wedyn. Rwyf wedi penderfynu y bydd yr adolygiad hwn yn dechrau ym mis Ebrill 2012 ac y caiff ei gynnal gan yr Athro Marcus Longley o Athrofa Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru.Dyma gylch gorchwyl yr Adolygiad:

Gan gydweithio â rhanddeiliaid, gan gynnwys Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned, Byrddau ac Ymddiriedolaethau Iechyd Lleol, Awdurdodau Lleol, y Trydydd Sector, Cydffederasiwn y GIG, Cyrff Iechyd megis Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru, Arolygiaeth Gofal Iechyd Cymru, Arolygiaeth Gofal a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol Cymru, y Comisiynydd Plant a’r Comisiynydd Pobl Hŷn, bydd yr adolygiad:

* yn archwilio sut caiff Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned eu rheoli o’r bôn i’r brig ac, yn benodol, yn llunio argymhellion ar:
+ y strwythur gweithredol
+ llinellau atebolrwydd gan gynnwys cysylltiadau â Llywodraeth Cymru
+ rôl a chyfrifoldebau Cyfarwyddwr y Bwrdd Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned
+ y strwythur aelodaeth a’r prosesau penodi
+ gwneud defnydd effeithiol o Awdurdodau Lleol a’r Trydydd Sector
* yn argymell lle a sut mae angen inni ddatblygu Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned, gan gynnwys yr aelodau, yn sefydliadau ‘proffesiynol’ sy’n cydweddu ag anghenion strategol ‘Law yn Llaw at Iechyd’
* yn ystyried sut mae Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned a Byrddau Iechyd yn cydweithio er lles pobl Cymru, gan gynnwys sut maent yn cyflawni eu rhwymedigaethau statudol
* yn ystyried yr hyn rydym yn ei gael am ein harian a lle gall Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned fod yn fwy effeithlon
* yn nodi enghreifftiau o arfer da o fewn y Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned y mae angen eu mabwysiadu’n ehangach a sut gellir gwneud hyn
* yn ystyried ac yn llunio argymhellion ar ddatblygu eu rôl o fod yn “ffrind beirniadol” mewn perthynas â Byrddau Iechyd, gan gynnwys bod yn llais i gleifion
* yn ystyried eu perthynas gyda Llywodraeth Cymru a chyrff eraill gan gynnwys Arolygiaeth Gofal Iechyd Cymru, Arolygiaeth Gofal a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol Cymru, y Comisiynydd Plant a’r Comisiynydd Pobl Hŷn
* yn ystyried sut dylid darparu’r Gwasanaeth Eiriolaeth yn y dyfodol.

  
Rwy’n rhagweld y caf adroddiad o’r adolygiad ym mis Mehefin. Yna bydd yna ymgynghori ffurfiol ar ei argymhellion dros yr haf.  Rhoddaf adroddiad ar gasgliadau’r adolygiad i’r Cynulliad yn yr hydref.