English: Over the last decade, we've actually seen 45,000 more NHS patients receiving NHS dental care in Hywel Dda. Our challenge is our ability to keep up with the pace of demand, and I do recognise there are real challenges, particularly around orthodontics, about which I know you've written to me on several occasions. I recognise that some people are waiting longer than they should, but we also need to examine what's actually taking place within the waiting lists, and when people are being referred, whether the appropriate referral is being made at the time. That's part of the need to look at the service. But, positively, I have spoken to both health boards about their plans, because in the last year both health boards underspent on their ring-fenced dental budgets. So, there is a challenge about making sure they spend the resources they have for dental services. I expect to see improved plans for the year ahead and I give you great assurance about the level of detail in the Hywel Dda plan, because I do understand that they are looking at providing greater services. They've got a plan for the next three years. They're starting a tender process - sorry, there's a tender process under way, and that will include new services at 10 locations across the Hywel Dda health board area. I look for a similar level of confidence in the detail of the plan for north Wales, because I fully expect that you and other Members will continue to ask questions if your constituents continue to wait an unacceptable level of time for the service, or find that there isn't an NHS dentist within a reasonable travelling distance.
Welsh: Dros y degawd diwethaf, rydym wedi gweld 45,000 yn ychwanegol o gleifion y GIG yn derbyn gofal deintyddol y GIG yn ardal Hywel Dda. Yr her sy'n ein hwynebu yw ein gallu i ateb cyflymder y galw, ac rwy'n cydnabod bod heriau gwirioneddol i'w cael, yn enwedig mewn perthynas ag orthodonteg, a gwn eich bod wedi ysgrifennu ataf parthed hynny ar sawl achlysur. Rwy'n cydnabod bod rhai pobl yn aros yn hwy nag y dylent, ond mae angen inni edrych hefyd ar yr hyn sy'n digwydd go iawn o fewn y rhestrau aros, a phan gaiff pobl eu cyfeirio, a wneir yr atgyfeiriad priodol ar y pryd. Mae hynny'n rhan o'r angen i edrych ar y gwasanaeth. Ond, yn gadarnhaol, rwyf wedi siarad gyda'r ddau fwrdd iechyd ynglŷn â'u cynlluniau, oherwydd yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, mae'r ddau fwrdd iechyd wedi tanwario ar eu cyllidebau deintyddol a glustnodwyd. Felly, mae yma her o ran sicrhau eu bod yn gwario'r adnoddau sydd ganddynt ar gyfer gwasanaethau deintyddol. Rwy'n disgwyl gweld cynlluniau gwell ar gyfer y flwyddyn sydd i ddod a rhoddaf sicrwydd llwyr i chi ynglŷn â lefel y manylion yng nghynllun Hywel Dda, gan fy mod yn deall eu bod yn awyddus i ddarparu rhagor o wasanaethau. Mae ganddynt gynllun ar gyfer y tair blynedd nesaf. Maent yn dechrau proses dendro - mae'n ddrwg gennyf, mae proses dendro eisoes ar waith, a bydd honno'n cynnwys gwasanaethau newydd mewn 10 lleoliad ar draws ardal bwrdd iechyd Hywel Dda. Hoffwn lefel debyg o hyder ym manylion y cynllun ar gyfer gogledd Cymru, gan fy mod yn llawn ddisgwyl y byddwch chi ac Aelodau eraill yn parhau i ofyn cwestiynau os yw eich etholwyr yn parhau i aros am gyfnodau annerbyniol o hir am y gwasanaeth, neu'n clywed nad oes deintydd GIG o fewn pellter teithio rhesymol.