English: Yes, and the health board should not be surprised by today's decision. There's been regular communication between the chief executive of NHS Wales and the chief exec of the health board. And since the issues were raised about maternity services, I've spoken on several occasions to the chair of the health board. And the additional matters that were raised by regulators in the audit office are ones that I do not think would have been appropriate to ignore. So, you reach a point where you either choose to do something or choose to avoid doing something, and I think it is the right thing to have made this decision, and to be clear about the limited and specific areas that are of concern. But those concerns do not mean that this is a health board that provides poor-quality health and care to its citizens - far from it. We know from not just patient satisfaction but a range of measures that this is a health board that is performing well in terms of its delivery against time measures, but also against financial performance as well, and there is regular positive patient feedback. I expect, having made the statement today, that the health board will communicate directly to its staff and to its public, but also the timescale for this should be viewed as within periods of months rather than years. There are specific issues that I expect the health board to have a clear action plan to address, with timescales that they can be properly measured and assessed by. Again, the point about reassurance for yourself and the constituents that you serve is that this isn't simply a matter of political convenience made by a Minister for a Minister. There'll be the reassurance that will be those - . The review arrangements by the chief executive of NHS Wales, Wales Audit Office and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales will provide me with advice on whether it's appropriate to change the escalation status to return to normal monitoring, but that is what I expect the health board to plan for and to deliver within a period of months.
Welsh: Ie, ac ni ddylai'r penderfyniad heddiw fod yn syndod i'r bwrdd iechyd. Mae cyfathrebu rheolaidd wedi bod rhwng prif weithredwr GIG Cymru a phrif weithredwr y bwrdd iechyd. Ac rwyf wedi siarad â chadeirydd y bwrdd iechyd sawl gwaith ers i'r materion ynghylch gwasanaethau mamolaeth gael eu codi. Ac nid wyf yn credu y byddai wedi bod yn briodol anwybyddu'r materion ychwanegol a godwyd gan reolyddion yn y swyddfa archwilio. Felly, rydych yn cyrraedd pwynt lle rydych naill ai'n dewis gwneud rhywbeth neu'n dewis osgoi gwneud rhywbeth, ac rwy'n credu mai'r penderfyniad hwn oedd y peth cywir i'w wneud, a bod yn glir am y meysydd cyfyngedig a phenodol sy'n peri pryder. Ond nid yw'r pryderon hynny'n golygu bod y bwrdd iechyd hwn yn darparu iechyd a gofal gwael i'w ddinasyddion - ddim o gwbl. O arolygon boddhad cleifion ac amrywiaeth o fesurau eraill, gwyddom fod y bwrdd iechyd hwn yn perfformio'n dda o ran ei gyflawniad yn erbyn mesurau amser, yn ogystal â'i berfformiad ariannol, a cheir adborth cadarnhaol rheolaidd gan gleifion. Ar ôl gwneud y datganiad heddiw, rwy'n disgwyl y bydd y bwrdd iechyd yn cyfathrebu'n uniongyrchol â'i staff a'r cyhoedd, ond hefyd dylid ystyried yr amserlen ar gyfer hyn o fewn misoedd yn hytrach na blynyddoedd. Rwy'n disgwyl i'r bwrdd iechyd gael cynllun i fynd i'r afael â phroblemau penodol, gydag amserlenni y gellir eu defnyddio i fesur ac asesu yn briodol. Unwaith eto, y pwynt ynglŷn â sicrwydd i chi'ch hun a'r etholwyr a wasanaethwch yw nad mater syml o hwylustod gwleidyddol a wneir gan Weinidog ar gyfer Gweinidog yw hwn. Bydd sicrwydd - . Bydd y trefniadau adolygu gan brif weithredwr GIG Cymru, Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru ac Arolygiaeth Gofal Iechyd Cymru yn rhoi cyngor i mi ynglŷn ag a yw'n briodol newid y statws uwchgyfeirio a dychwelyd i fonitro arferol, ond rwy'n disgwyl i'r bwrdd iechyd gynllunio ar gyfer hynny, a'i gyflawni o fewn cyfnod o fisoedd.