English: It's a former head of research at General Motors, Charles Kettering, who said nearly a century ago now that 'a problem well stated is half solved'. Now, when this Senedd declared a climate emergency, it was a declaration that the challenge we faced on climate change was so extraordinary that it needed to be elevated, to be elevated within our national psyche, to be elevated in terms of parliamentary importance, in terms of Government priority. Now, perhaps Mr Kettering would be pushing it rather far if he said that that recognition of the scale of the climate challenge meant half the work had been done to address the issue, but it did mark a gear change, I think. It was a gear change that Welsh Government itself recognised had to be made, because, if I recall, the day before the Senedd took a vote on a motion declaring a climate emergency, Government made that declaration itself. Now, that declaration then represented a new context within which a whole host of decisions were taken, and are still being taken, from policy and funding priorities to the very structures of Government within which those decisions are made. So, today, we're asking for a declaration of a health crisis. Once again, this is because we're facing challenges of such extraordinary gravity that we believe Government needs to be arming itself as well as it possibly can to deal with the situation, and just as with the declaration of a climate emergency, I think that making that declaration today could bring about a number of positive steps. It would help focus minds on finding new and innovative ways to address the problems we face. Similarly, I think it would help focus all spending powers, however scarce - and I see the finance Minister is here with us this afternoon - on the issues that matter, and nothing, of course, is more important at the moment than resolving the pay dispute. Finally, I'd hope it would make Government look again at its own structures, perhaps, and processes, to ensure they're best geared to deal with this crisis. Now, I'm looking forward to the Minister's response to that stated intention. After all, whilst it's a crisis for Government itself, the most important thing is that this is a crisis for everyone - for ordinary people the length and breadth of Wales, and of course it's a crisis for our hard-working health and care staff, day in, day out, right across the health and care sector. Now, if Government doesn't see fit to support our call and to agree to declare a health crisis then we need to know why. Is it that they don't see the benefit of making that kind of formal declaration? Or that they still don't agree that it is a crisis? The chief executive of the Welsh NHS told ITV News earlier this month that she would not describe it as a crisis, but acknowledges that the situation is hugely pressurised. The First Minister said last week that he didn't think it was in a perpetual state of crisis, which may be slightly different, but there were undoubtedly days, he said, when front line staff could be forgiven for thinking it was. Now, it's always useful to look at definitions. Here are a few. Crisis: a time of intense difficulty or danger; a time when a difficult or important decision must be made. The Oxford dictionary - often a go-to - suggests, for 'crisis', 'a time of great danger, difficulty or doubt when problems must be solved or important decisions must be made'. I don't think there could be a better definition of where we are regarding health and care in Wales: a time when problems must be solved and hugely important decisions must be made. It is a crisis by any measure, and I can't think of many more important decisions that Welsh Government could take now than those that could really start addressing that crisis that we face, starting with resolving the pay disputes to put that vital workforce at the heart of recovery, and then on to all those other elements that need a real gear change.
Welsh: Cyn-bennaeth ymchwil yn General Motors, Charles Kettering, a ddywedodd bron i ganrif yn ôl bellach fod 'problem wedi'i datgan yn dda yn broblem sydd wedi hanner ei datrys'. Nawr, pan ddatganodd y Senedd hon argyfwng hinsawdd, roedd yn ddatganiad fod yr her newid hinsawdd a wynebem mor eithriadol fel bod angen ei dyrchafu, ei dyrchafu yn ein seice cenedlaethol, a'i dyrchafu o ran pwysigrwydd seneddol, o ran blaenoriaeth Llywodraeth. Nawr, efallai y byddai Mr Kettering yn gwthio pethau braidd yn bell pe bai'n dweud bod y gydnabyddiaeth honno o raddfa'r her hinsawdd yn golygu bod hanner y gwaith wedi'i wneud i fynd i'r afael â'r broblem, ond fe wnaeth hynny arwain at newid gêr, rwy'n meddwl. Roedd yn newid gêr yr oedd Llywodraeth Cymru ei hun yn cydnabod y bu'n rhaid ei wneud, oherwydd, os cofiaf, y diwrnod cyn i'r Senedd bleidleisio ar gynnig yn datgan argyfwng hinsawdd, fe wnaeth y Llywodraeth y datganiad hwnnw ei hun. Nawr, roedd y datganiad hwnnw'n gosod cyd-destun newydd lle gwnaed llu o benderfyniadau o'i fewn, ac maent yn dal i gael eu gwneud, o flaenoriaethau polisi ac ariannu i strwythurau'r Llywodraeth y gwneir y penderfyniadau hynny o'u mewn. Felly, heddiw, rydym yn gofyn am ddatganiad o argyfwng iechyd. Unwaith eto, gwnawn hyn am ein bod yn wynebu heriau sydd mor eithriadol o ddifrifol nes ein bod yn credu bod angen i'r Llywodraeth arfogi ei hun gystal ag y gall i ymdopi â'r sefyllfa, ac yn union fel gyda'r datganiad o argyfwng hinsawdd, rwy'n credu y gallai gwneud y datganiad hwnnw heddiw esgor ar nifer o gamau cadarnhaol. Byddai'n helpu i ganolbwyntio meddyliau ar ddod o hyd i ffyrdd newydd ac arloesol o fynd i'r afael â'r problemau sy'n ein hwynebu. Yn yr un modd, rwy'n credu y byddai'n helpu i ganolbwyntio'r holl bwerau gwario, ni waeth pa mor brin - ac rwy'n gweld bod y Gweinidog cyllid yma gyda ni y prynhawn yma - ar y materion sy'n bwysig, ac nid oes dim yn bwysicach ar hyn o bryd wrth gwrs na datrys yr anghydfod cyflog. Yn olaf, byddwn yn gobeithio y byddai'n gwneud i'r Llywodraeth edrych eto ar ei strwythurau ei hun, efallai, a'i phrosesau, er mwyn sicrhau eu bod yn y sefyllfa orau i ymdrin â'r argyfwng hwn. Nawr, rwy'n edrych ymlaen at ymateb y Gweinidog i'r bwriad datganedig hwnnw. Wedi'r cyfan, er ei fod yn argyfwng i Lywodraeth ei hun, y peth pwysicaf yw bod hwn yn argyfwng i bawb - i bobl gyffredin ar hyd a lled Cymru, ac wrth gwrs mae'n argyfwng i'n staff iechyd a gofal sy'n gweithio'n galed ddydd ar ôl dydd ar draws y sector iechyd a gofal. Nawr, os nad yw'r Llywodraeth yn mynd i gefnogi ein galwad a chytuno i ddatgan argyfwng iechyd, mae angen inni wybod pam. Ai am nad ydynt yn gweld budd gwneud datganiad ffurfiol o'r fath? Neu am nad ydynt yn cytuno ei fod yn argyfwng? Dywedodd prif weithredwr GIG Cymru wrth ITV News yn gynharach yn y mis na fyddai hi'n ei ddisgrifio fel argyfwng, ond mae'n cydnabod bod y sefyllfa'n un aruthrol o anodd. Dywedodd y Prif Weinidog yr wythnos diwethaf nad oedd yn credu ei fod mewn cyflwr parhaus o argyfwng, a allai fod ychydig yn wahanol, ond heb os roedd yna ddyddiau, meddai, pan fyddai modd maddau i staff ar y rheng flaen am feddwl ei fod. Nawr, mae bob amser yn ddefnyddiol edrych ar ddiffiniadau. Dyma ambell un. Argyfwng: adeg o anhawster neu berygl dwys; adeg pan fydd yn rhaid gwneud penderfyniad anodd neu bwysig. Mae geiriadur Rhydychen - y byddwn yn aml yn troi ato - yn awgrymu, am 'argyfwng', 'adeg o berygl mawr, anhawster neu amheuaeth pan fydd rhaid datrys problemau neu pan fydd rhaid gwneud penderfyniadau pwysig'. Nid wyf yn credu y gellid cael gwell diffiniad o ble rydym arni o ran iechyd a gofal yng Nghymru: adeg pan fydd rhaid datrys problemau a phan fydd rhaid gwneud penderfyniadau hynod o bwysig. Mae'n argyfwng ni waeth sut y caiff ei fesur, ac ni allaf feddwl am lawer iawn o benderfyniadau pwysicach y gallai Llywodraeth Cymru eu gwneud nawr na'r rhai a allai ddechrau mynd i'r afael o ddifrif â'r argyfwng sy'n ein hwynebu, gan ddechrau gyda datrys yr anghydfod cyflog i roi'r gweithlu hanfodol wrth galon yr adferiad, ac ymlaen wedyn at yr holl elfennau eraill sy'n galw am newid gêr go iawn.