English: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. I very much welcome the opportunity today to debate the Holden report and build on the discussion we had as part of the short debate led by Llyr Gruffydd a few weeks ago. It's notable that, despite a few weeks passing now since the release, finally, of this damning report, the Government still hasn't used its own Senedd time to allow the Senedd to debate the report and scrutinise the Government's response. Now that the report is out in the open at long last, work has to begin on restoring the trust of the people of the north of Wales, and that starts with the health board and Welsh Government acknowledging the enormity of what that report reveals, recognising the erosion of trust, the deep, deep erosion of trust in the system, and committing to learning each and every difficult lesson that will come out of this. We mustn't forget that this report was one of the factors in placing Betsi Cadwaladr health board in special measures in the first place, and the Welsh Government had direct responsibility for the health board up until last year, and even after it came out of special measures, patients continued to die, and questions persist in my mind and in the minds of many others about how that decision could have been made, to remove the board out of special measures when so many questions remained unanswered. But this now is about far more than releasing a desperately overdue report; it's about accountability from all in charge of the health board, directly and indirectly, now and in recent years, during this most terrible episode. We will support the motion as it stands and reject the Government's amendment, the Government refusing to recognise the need for more transparency and the need for better resourcing to tackle the issues raised here. It will be of deep, deep concern, I know, and disappointment to many staff members and patients and their families that Welsh Government here is choosing to remove from the original motion the need for everybody involved to regret that lack of accountability, and to regret the devastating impact of the failings that we saw on staff and patients and their loved ones. They will be angered by the rejection of Welsh Government to calls for an apology, for timely production of reports in future, for the delivery of radical improvements in services, for that fundamental review of mental health services. For the establishment of a network of mental health walk-in centres - Plaid Cymru has asked for four years for such measures. I've discussed with the Deputy Minister plans that she also has to put measures in place, but we need to see those measures, of course, being put in place as part of wide-ranging changes to mental health provision throughout the whole of Wales. But here with Hergest and what happened there, we have catastrophic events that led to the loss of life and to enduring pain for many, many family members who have grieved the loss of loved ones. Patients, families and many staff, many of whom I've had deep and distressing conversations with over the years, they will be listening intently to what the Deputy Minister is saying today, because the publication of the report itself mustn't be seen as the end of a campaign for the publication of the report. It must be seen and it must be evidenced that it is, in fact, the beginning of a new chapter after the sorry, sorry story that we have seen in Hergest and in mental health in the north of Wales in recent years.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n croesawu'r cyfle heddiw i drafod adroddiad Holden ac adeiladu ar y drafodaeth a gawsom fel rhan o'r ddadl fer dan arweiniad Llyr Gruffydd ychydig wythnosau'n ôl. Er bod ychydig wythnosau wedi mynd heibio bellach ers rhyddhau'r adroddiad damniol hwn o'r diwedd, mae'n werth nodi bod y Llywodraeth yn dal i fod heb ddefnyddio ei hamser Senedd ei hun i ganiatáu i'r Senedd drafod yr adroddiad a chraffu ar ymateb y Llywodraeth. Gan fod yr adroddiad wedi'i gyhoeddi o'r diwedd, mae'n rhaid i waith ddechrau ar adfer ymddiriedaeth pobl gogledd Cymru, ac mae hynny'n dechrau gyda'r angen i'r bwrdd iechyd a Llywodraeth Cymru gyfaddef pa mor fawr yw'r hyn y mae'r adroddiad hwnnw'n ei ddatgelu, cydnabod bod ymddiriedaeth yn y system wedi erydu'n helaeth iawn, ac ymrwymo i ddysgu pob gwers anodd sy'n deillio o hyn. Rhaid inni beidio ag anghofio mai'r adroddiad hwn oedd un o'r ffactorau a arweiniodd at osod bwrdd iechyd Betsi Cadwaladr mewn mesurau arbennig yn y lle cyntaf, ac roedd gan Lywodraeth Cymru gyfrifoldeb uniongyrchol dros y bwrdd iechyd hyd at y llynedd, a hyd yn oed ar ôl iddo ddod allan o fesurau arbennig, roedd cleifion yn dal i farw, ac mae cwestiynau'n parhau yn fy meddwl i ac ym meddyliau llawer o bobl eraill sut y gellid bod wedi gwneud y penderfyniad i dynnu'r bwrdd allan o fesurau arbennig pan oedd cynifer o gwestiynau heb eu hateb. Ond mae hyn yn awr yn ymwneud â llawer mwy na rhyddhau adroddiad hirddisgwyliedig; mae'n ymwneud ag atebolrwydd pawb sy'n gyfrifol am y bwrdd iechyd, yn uniongyrchol ac yn anuniongyrchol, yn awr ac yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf, dros y cyfnod mwyaf ofnadwy hwn. Byddwn yn cefnogi'r cynnig fel y mae ac yn gwrthod gwelliant y Llywodraeth, gan fod y Llywodraeth yn gwrthod cydnabod yr angen am fwy o dryloywder a'r angen am ddyrannu gwell adnoddau i fynd i'r afael â'r problemau a godwyd yma. Bydd yn destun pryder dwfn, rwy'n gwybod, ac yn siom i lawer o aelodau o staff a chleifion a'u teuluoedd fod Llywodraeth Cymru yma yn dewis dileu o'r cynnig gwreiddiol yr angen i bawb sydd ynghlwm wrth y mater resynu at y diffyg atebolrwydd, ac i resynu at effaith ddinistriol y methiannau a welsom ar staff a chleifion a'u hanwyliaid. Cânt eu cythruddo gan y ffordd y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn gwrthod y galwadau am ymddiheuriad, am gynhyrchu adroddiadau mewn modd amserol yn y dyfodol, am gyflawni gwelliannau radical yn y modd y darperir gwasanaethau, am adolygiad sylfaenol o wasanaethau iechyd meddwl. Am sefydlu rhwydwaith o ganolfannau iechyd meddwl galw i mewn - mae Plaid Cymru wedi gofyn am fesurau o'r fath ers pedair blynedd. Rwyf wedi trafod gyda'r Dirprwy Weinidog y cynlluniau sydd ganddi hithau hefyd i roi mesurau ar waith, ond mae angen inni weld y mesurau hynny'n cael eu rhoi ar waith fel rhan o newidiadau eang i ddarpariaeth iechyd meddwl ledled Cymru. Ond yma gyda Hergest a'r hyn a ddigwyddodd yno, mae gennym ddigwyddiadau trychinebus a arweiniodd at golli bywydau ac at ddioddefaint i lawer iawn o aelodau teuluol sydd wedi bod yn galaru yn sgil colli anwyliaid. Bydd cleifion, teuluoedd a llawer o staff y cefais sgyrsiau dwfn a thrallodus gyda llawer ohonynt dros y blynyddoedd yn gwrando'n astud ar yr hyn y mae'r Dirprwy Weinidog yn ei ddweud heddiw, oherwydd ni ddylid ystyried cyhoeddi'r adroddiad ei hun yn ddiwedd ar ymgyrch dros gyhoeddi'r adroddiad. Rhaid ei weld fel dechrau pennod newydd, a rhaid iddo ddangos ei fod yn ddechrau pennod newydd ar ôl yr hanes diflas iawn a welsom yn Hergest ac yn y gwasanaeth iechyd meddwl yng ngogledd Cymru yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf.