English: I, too, join Members' sentiments about this terribly tragic sequence of events that have led to, obviously, the cases coming to public attention. It is worth noting that the Cwm Taf health board, from a senior management level, has been heavily engaged in a merger with the Princess of Wales Hospital, and I'd be grateful to understand from the Cabinet Secretary as to whether that merger has deflected from the day-to-day running of the health board. As I understand it, the two areas of concern are, one, on staffing, and, two, on reporting of incidents. Now, both of those things are down to the management and structure of the day-to-day delivery of the service. It's good to hear from the Cabinet Secretary that a significant number of midwives have been employed by the health board recently, but one can only wonder why such a huge staffing issue had been left to fill for so long. If they were 15 midwives short, why was that situation allowed to happen in the first place? And secondly, can he indicate at what level this reporting of incidents on the ward was not getting through the system so that events could be looked at and that each and every case could be looked at? Above all, I would hope - and I think I did hear the Cabinet Secretary correctly - that the review that he has commissioned will be looking at all areas of delivery and won't be stuck in very fixed terms of reference that the Minister might set out, but that the review board will have the ability to look at areas they deem necessary to complete their inquiry, so that we can have confidence that all areas of delivery have been looked into.
Welsh: Rwyf innau'n adleisio teimladau'r Aelodau am y dilyniant trasig tu hwnt hwn o ddigwyddiadau a arweiniodd at yr achosion yn amlwg yn dod i sylw'r cyhoedd. Mae'n werth nodi bod bwrdd iechyd Cwm Taf, o lefel rheoli uwch, wedi bod wrthi'n ddiwyd yn uno ag Ysbyty Tywysoges Cymru, a byddwn yn ddiolchgar i gael deall gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet a yw'r uniad hwnnw wedi tynnu oddi wrth rediad y bwrdd iechyd o ddydd i ddydd. Fel y deallaf, y ddau faes sy'n peri pryder yw, un, y staffio, a, dau, adrodd am ddigwyddiadau. Nawr, rheolaeth a strwythur darpariaeth y gwasanaeth o ddydd i ddydd sy'n gyfrifol am y ddau beth hyn. Mae'n dda gennyf glywed gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet fod nifer sylweddol o fydwragedd wedi cael eu cyflogi gan y bwrdd iechyd yn ddiweddar, ond ni allwn ond dyfalu pam y gadawyd y broblem mor enfawr o ran staffio gyhyd. Os oedden nhw 15 bydwraig yn brin, pam y gadawyd i'r sefyllfa honno ddigwydd yn y lle cyntaf? Ac yn ail, a all ef ddweud wrthym ar ba lefel yr oedd yr adroddiadau am ddigwyddiadau ar y ward yn methu â dod drwy'r system fel y gellid edrych ar ddigwyddiadau ac y gellid edrych ar bob achos? Yn anad dim, byddwn yn gobeithio - ac rwy'n credu fy mod wedi clywed Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn iawn - y bydd yr adolygiad a gomisiynwyd ganddo yn edrych ar holl feysydd y ddarpariaeth ac na fydd yn gaeth mewn cylch gorchwyl cyfyng iawn y gallai'r Gweinidog fod yn ei nodi. Gobeithio y bydd gan y bwrdd adolygu y gallu i edrych ar feysydd y maen nhw'n eu hystyried yn angenrheidiol i gwblhau eu hymchwiliad, fel y gallwn fod yn hyderus bod yr holl feysydd cyflawni wedi cael eu hystyried.