English: May I begin by thanking the committee for their work on this important report? I think that it's very difficult to read, but it reflects the casework that we all receive, and I think it's very important that we remind ourselves very often that there are people behind every statistic, and, although we see that there is a plan in operation, that doesn't make it easier for those people who are living in pain or in a situation that does endanger their lives. I had a question specifically with regard to section 3 of the report about those who are paying to go private at present, and this idea that came across very clearly of a two-tier system, and the shocking fact, if truth be told, that we're seeing one of the consultants in hospital considering, when they look at a patient, 'Well, is this person going to be able to afford to go private or not?' and that that goes through their minds. That echoes something that I've heard with my casework, with people telling me that they're being encouraged to go private, and perhaps they look as if they can afford to go private, but the truth is that they can't afford to do so. One of the things that angered them recently - perhaps people in the Chamber have seen the BBC Wales investigates programme about the NHS, and the interview with the chief executive of the NHS in Wales, where she denied that the health service is in crisis. The question asked to me by a constituent at that time was, 'Well, why isn't somebody willing to acknowledge the scale of the crisis? If people were to acknowledge and recognise that there is a crisis and an emergency, at least they would then acknowledge the size of the problem and the size of the pain that we're facing.' I think there is something in that, that we need to be honest with people instead of trying to hide behind different plans and schemes. One of the things that the same constituent asked me was, 'Well, am I meant to just accept that my life is less important, because the health service can't provide the treatment that I need for two years?' She knows that doctors have said that she needs treatment as soon as possible, that she could die, but she has to wait for two years before receiving that treatment, and she can't afford to do so. So, Minister, what would you share as a message to those people who are in similar situations today? And are you willing to do what the chief executive of the NHS failed to do and acknowledge today that there is a crisis and that we should come together as a Senedd to ensure that we come through that crisis and ensure that things do improve for people in these crisis situations?
Welsh: A gaf i ddechrau drwy ddiolch i'r pwyllgor am eu gwaith ar yr adroddiad pwysig yma? Dwi'n meddwl ei fod o'n anodd i'w ddarllen ond mae o'n adlewyrchu'r gwaith achos rydyn ni i gyd yn ei dderbyn, a dwi'n meddwl ei fod o'n bwysig iawn ein bod ni'n atgoffa ein hunain yn aml fod yna bobl tu ôl i bob ystadegyn ac, er ein bod ni yn gweld bod yna gynllun ar waith, dydy hynna ddim yn ei wneud o'n ddim haws i'r bobl sy'n byw mewn poen neu gyda sefyllfa sydd yn peryglu eu bywydau nhw. Y cwestiwn oedd gen i oedd yn benodol o ran adran 3 o'r adroddiad, sydd ynglŷn â'r rhai sydd yn talu i fynd yn breifat ar y funud, a'r syniad oedd yn dod drosodd yn gryf iawn o'r system ddwy haen yma, y two-tier system, a'r ffaith eithaf brawychus dwi'n meddwl ein bod ni'n gweld un o'r ymgynghorwyr mewn ysbyty yn ystyried, pan ydyn nhw'n edrych ar glaf, 'Ydy'r person yma'n mynd i allu fforddio i fynd yn breifat neu beidio?', a bod hynny'n mynd drwy eu meddwl. Mae hynny'n ategu rhywbeth dwi wedi ei glywed drwy waith achos, efo pobl yn dweud wrthyf fi eu bod nhw'n cael eu hannog i fynd yn breifat, ac efallai eu bod nhw'n edrych fel eu bod nhw'n gallu ei fforddio, ond y gwir amdani yw eu bod nhw'n methu ei fforddio. Un o'r pethau a wnaeth eu cynddeiriogi nhw'n ddiweddar - efallai fod amryw o bobl yn y Siambr wedi gweld y rhaglen BBC Wales Investigates am yr NHS, ac yn benodol y cyfweliad gyda phrif weithredwraig yr NHS yng Nghymru, lle gwadodd bod y gwasanaeth iechyd mewn crisis. Y cwestiwn ofynnwyd imi gan etholwraig yr adeg honno oedd, 'Pam nad oes neb yn fodlon cydnabod y crisis? Os byddai pobl yn cydnabod bod yna grisis ac argyfwng, o leiaf y bydden nhw'n cydnabod maint y broblem a maint y boen rydyn ni'n eu hwynebu.' Dwi'n meddwl bod yna rywbeth o ran hynny, ein bod ni angen bod yn onest efo pobl yn lle trio cuddio o dan gynlluniau gwahanol. Un o'r pethau gofynnodd yr un etholwraig imi oedd, 'Ydw i fod i jest dderbyn bod fy mywyd i yn llai pwysig, gan na all y gwasanaeth iechyd ddarparu'r driniaeth sydd ei hangen arnaf am ddwy flynedd?' Mae hi'n gwybod bod doctoriaid wedi dweud bod angen triniaeth arni cyn gynted â phosib a bod perig iddi farw, ond mae'n rhaid iddi ddisgwyl dwy flynedd am y driniaeth yma, a methu â fforddio ei wneud. Felly, gaf i ofyn ichi, Weinidog, beth fyddech chi yn ei roi fel neges i bobl sydd mewn sefyllfa o'r fath heddiw? Ac ydych chi'n fodlon gwneud yr hyn a fethodd prif weithredwraig yr NHS ei wneud, a chydnabod heddiw fod yna grisis a'n bod ni'n uno fel Senedd i sicrhau ein bod ni'n dod drwy hynny a sicrhau bod pethau'n gwella i bobl sydd yn y sefyllfa argyfyngus hon?