English: The Welsh Government urgently needs to implement the recommendations in 'Everybody's Business' to develop a postvention strategy for suicide. That strategy should be co-produced with those with lived experience of suicide bereavement, and ensure that flexible support is available to people when they need it, whether that be in the immediate aftermath of a suicide, in six weeks, in two, three or 10 years down the line. It must also include timely access to specialist treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, which is often suffered by those bereaved by suicide, especially those who found their loved one. We are behind other parts of the UK on this. England already has a postvention pathway that could help inform ours, and there are fantastic examples of suicide bereavement support in England, many co-produced with bereaved families. But it is not just about supporting individuals; it is also about postvention in organisations where there has been a death by suicide, whether that be a school, a fire service, a hospital, GP practice or a railway station. We in this Assembly should know better than many the crucial importance of a postvention response to the loss of a friend and colleague to suicide. Particularly close to my heart is the need for suicide postvention in every school in Wales. In England, new guidance has been published, stating that a single suicide in a school should be treated as a potential cluster because young people are so vulnerable as a high-risk group for suicide. I warmly commend the new guidance that the Welsh Government commissioned from Professor Ann John on talking about suicide with young people who are suicidal and self-harming, but it is not enough. We need to ensure that mental health and suicide prevention is embedded in the curriculum in Wales, to reach those young people who nobody knows is suicidal until they tragically take their own lives. We also must ensure that all schools undertake postvention following a suicide. I know that some schools have been quick to use the Samaritans' Step by Step postvention programme, but there are others I know of that, other than some counselling sessions, have done nothing at all. I'm delighted we now have Papyrus with a base in Wales, and we must ensure that schools draw on the organisations of them and the Samaritans. It cannot be an optional extra; it is too late when another young person has died. And, yes, this will take additional resources, but to anyone who says we can't afford it, I say we can't afford not to. It has been estimated that every suicide costs the public purse £1.6 million. How much better would it be to do what the Government talks so much about and invest in early intervention and support for those bereaved? We have some brilliant people and organisations working in this field in Wales. I want to pay tribute to Professor Ann John, who chairs the Welsh Government's national advisory group on suicide prevention. Ann works tirelessly, and I thank her for it. But we must ensure that people like Ann have the resources and the full commitment from Welsh Government to do the job that they so want to do. Social media gets a bad press a lot of the time, and I'm sure we can all understand this here. However, I have found Twitter a fantastic opportunity to network with like-minded people. Through Twitter, I have come to know a group of mothers who have lost children to suicide. Some of them are from Wales; others are from elsewhere in the UK. They have nicknamed themselves 'The Warrior Mums', and warriors they are, each and every day. So, I want to close today by paying a heartfelt tribute to all the warrior mums, the warrior dads, and to the courage of all those who are living with suicide loss every day. Our duty, Minister, is to honour their courage, by working with them to deliver the suicide bereavement support that is so desperately needed in Wales, and, in doing so, to save lives.
Welsh: Mae angen i Lywodraeth Cymru weithredu'r argymhellion yn 'Busnes Pawb' ar frys i ddatblygu strategaeth ôl-ymyrraeth ar gyfer hunanladdiad. Dylai'r strategaeth honno gael ei chydgynhyrchu gyda phobl sydd â phrofiad o brofedigaeth ar ôl hunanladdiad, a sicrhau bod cefnogaeth hyblyg ar gael i bobl pan fydd ei hangen arnynt, boed hynny'n syth ar ôl hunanladdiad, mewn chwe wythnos, neu ddwy, dair neu 10 mlynedd yn ddiweddarach. Mae'n rhaid i hynny hefyd gynnwys mynediad amserol at driniaeth arbenigol ar gyfer anhwylder straen wedi trawma, a ddioddefir yn aml gan rai sydd mewn profedigaeth ar ôl hunanladdiad, yn enwedig y rhai a ddaeth o hyd i'w hanwylyd. Rydym ar ei hôl hi o gymharu â rhannau eraill o'r DU ar hyn. Mae gan Loegr lwybr ôl-ymyrraeth eisoes a allai helpu i lywio ein llwybr ni, ac mae enghreifftiau gwych o gefnogaeth mewn profedigaeth ar ôl hunanladdiad yn Lloegr, a llawer ohonynt wedi'u cydgynhyrchu gyda theuluoedd sydd wedi cael profedigaeth. Ond mae'n ymwneud â mwy na chefnogi unigolion yn unig; mae'n ymwneud hefyd ag ôl-ymyrraeth mewn sefydliadau lle bu marwolaeth drwy hunanladdiad, boed hynny mewn ysgol, gwasanaeth tân, ysbyty, practis meddyg teulu neu orsaf drenau. Dylem ni yn y Cynulliad hwn fod yn fwy ymwybodol na llawer am bwysigrwydd hanfodol ymateb ôl-ymyrraeth i golli ffrind a chydweithiwr i hunanladdiad. Mae'r angen am ôl-ymyrraeth hunanladdiad ym mhob ysgol yng Nghymru yn arbennig o agos at fy nghalon. Yn Lloegr, cyhoeddwyd canllawiau newydd sy'n nodi y dylid trin un achos o hunanladdiad mewn ysgol fel clwstwr posibl am fod pobl ifanc mor agored fel grŵp risg uchel ar gyfer hunanladdiad. Rwy'n canmol y canllawiau newydd a gomisiynodd Llywodraeth Cymru gan yr Athro Ann John ar siarad am hunanladdiad gyda phobl ifanc sy'n hunanladdol ac yn hunan-niweidio, ond nid ydynt yn ddigon. Mae angen inni sicrhau bod iechyd meddwl ac atal hunanladdiad wedi'i ymgorffori yn y cwricwlwm yng Nghymru, er mwyn cyrraedd y bobl ifanc nad oes unrhyw un yn gwybod eu bod yn hunanladdol tan eu bod, yn drasig, yn cyflawni hunanladdiad. Mae'n rhaid inni sicrhau hefyd fod pob ysgol yn ymgymryd ag ôl-ymyrraeth yn dilyn hunanladdiad. Gwn fod rhai ysgolion wedi bod yn barod iawn i ddefnyddio rhaglen ôl-ymyrraeth Cam wrth Gam y Samariaid, ond mae eraill y gwn amdanynt heb wneud unrhyw beth o gwbl, heblaw am ambell sesiwn gwnsela. Rwy'n falch iawn fod gan Papyrus ganolfan yng Nghymru bellach, ac mae'n rhaid i ni sicrhau bod ysgolion yn defnyddio gwasanaethau'r sefydliad hwnnw a'r Samariaid. Ni all fod yn ychwanegiad dewisol; mae'n rhy hwyr pan fydd unigolyn ifanc arall wedi marw. A bydd, fe fydd angen adnoddau ychwanegol i wneud hyn, ond wrth unrhyw sy'n dweud na allwn fforddio gwneud hyn, rwy'n dweud na allwn fforddio peidio. Amcangyfrifwyd bod pob achos o hunanladdiad yn costio £1.6 miliwn i bwrs y wlad. Faint yn well fyddai gwneud yr hyn y mae'r Llywodraeth yn siarad cymaint amdano a buddsoddi mewn cymorth ac ymyrraeth gynnar i'r rheini sydd mewn profedigaeth? Mae gennym bobl a sefydliadau gwych yn gweithio yn y maes hwn yng Nghymru. Hoffwn dalu teyrnged i'r Athro Ann John, sy'n cadeirio grŵp cynghori cenedlaethol Llywodraeth Cymru ar atal hunanladdiad. Mae Ann yn gweithio'n ddiflino, a diolch iddi am hynny. Ond mae'n rhaid inni sicrhau bod gan bobl fel Ann adnoddau ac ymrwymiad llawn Llywodraeth Cymru i wneud y gwaith y maent yn dymuno'i wneud. Mae'r cyfryngau cymdeithasol yn aml yn cael sylw gwael, ac rwy'n siŵr y gall pob un ohonom ddeall hyn yma. Fodd bynnag, rwyf wedi gweld bod Twitter yn gyfle gwych i rwydweithio â phobl o'r un anian. Drwy Twitter, rwyf wedi dod i adnabod grŵp o famau sydd wedi colli plant drwy hunanladdiad. Daw rhai ohonynt o Gymru; daw eraill o fannau eraill yn y DU. Maent wedi llysenwi eu hunain yn 'The Warrior Mums', ac maent yn rhyfelwyr go iawn, a hynny bob dydd. Felly, hoffwn gloi heddiw drwy dalu teyrnged twymgalon i'r holl famau dewr, y tadau dewr, ac i ddewrder pawb sy'n byw bob dydd gyda cholli rhywun i hunanladdiad. Ein dyletswydd ni, Weinidog, yw anrhydeddu eu dewrder, drwy weithio gyda hwy i ddarparu'r cymorth profedigaeth ar ôl hunanladdiad y mae ei ddirfawr angen yng Nghymru, ac achub bywydau wrth wneud hynny.