English: Thanks very much, and I'd like to thank Jayne Bryant for giving us this opportunity to have this very crucial and timely debate. I think we've all seen the images of staff and hospital wards that can leave us in absolutely no doubt that the health and social care workforce will be changed by the experiences that they've been through, and I'd like to thank Jayne in particular for painting those very vivid images for us this evening, really demonstrating the very moving and difficult circumstances that NHS staff find themselves in. I also thank Jack, who always has demonstrated real sensitivity and understanding on this issue. I'm sure I speak on behalf of all Senedd Members when I pay tribute to the unyielding hard work and the dedication of the incredible health and social care workforce. They are the life force of the service in peacetime, but especially now in our battle with this terrible, unforgiving virus. As Jayne illustrated, the last 11 months have been absolutely relentless for them. The pandemic continues to have a significant impact on patients and staff, and I fully recognise the extra physical and emotional demands that this places on the workforce. Many health and social care staff working on Wales's front line have spoken both online and to the media about their experiences of delivering care from the centre of the response to the virus. And I think their stories are a stark reminder of the gruelling reality of the daily fight to manage the virus, to care for our patients and to keep our people safe. Now, we take the health and well-being of our health and social care workforce extremely seriously, and support employers to provide a range of extra support during this pandemic. Since March of last year, the Welsh Government has made a number of significant financial investments for mental health support for our health and social care workforce. The Welsh Government has built on its well-established social partnership mechanisms to work closely with the NHS, employers and health and social care unions to make available a multi-layered well-being offer for health and social care workers, because I think we have to recognise that individuals will be affected differently by the pandemic, and they might want different levels of intensity and styles of intervention, which is why the offer we've developed must include a lighter-touch listening service, as well as that in-depth therapy and even physical health service that some may need, on top of the practical and financial advice that some may need.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, a hoffwn ddiolch i Jayne Bryant am roi'r cyfle hwn i ni gael y ddadl hollbwysig ac amserol hon. Rwy'n credu ein bod i gyd wedi gweld y lluniau o staff a wardiau ysbytai fel nad oes gennym unrhyw amheuaeth o gwbl y bydd y gweithlu iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yn cael ei newid gan y profiadau y maent wedi bod drwyddynt, a hoffwn ddiolch i Jayne yn arbennig am beintio'r lluniau byw hynny i ni heno, gan ddangos o ddifrif yr amgylchiadau hynod emosiynol ac anodd y mae staff y GIG yn eu hwynebu. Diolch hefyd i Jack, sydd bob amser wedi dangos sensitifrwydd a dealltwriaeth go iawn o'r mater hwn. Rwy'n siŵr fy mod yn siarad ar ran holl Aelodau'r Senedd wrth dalu teyrnged i waith caled di-ildio ac ymroddiad y gweithlu iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol anhygoel. Hwy yw grym bywyd y gwasanaeth yn ystod cyfnodau o heddwch, ond yn enwedig nawr yn ein brwydr gyda'r feirws ofnadwy a didrugaredd hwn. Fel y dangosodd Jayne, mae'r 11 mis diwethaf wedi bod yn gwbl ddiarbed iddynt. Mae'r pandemig yn parhau i effeithio'n sylweddol ar gleifion a staff, ac rwy'n llwyr gydnabod y baich corfforol ac emosiynol ychwanegol y mae hyn yn ei osod ar y gweithlu. Mae llawer o staff iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol sy'n gweithio ar y rheng flaen yng Nghymru wedi siarad ar-lein ac ar y cyfryngau am eu profiadau o ddarparu gofal o ganol yr ymateb i'r feirws. Ac rwy'n credu bod eu straeon yn ein hatgoffa o realiti llethol y frwydr ddyddiol i reoli'r feirws, i ofalu am ein cleifion ac i gadw ein pobl yn ddiogel. Nawr, rydym yn rhoi ystyriaeth ddifrifol iawn i iechyd a lles ein gweithlu iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, ac yn cynorthwyo cyflogwyr i ddarparu ystod o gymorth ychwanegol yn ystod y pandemig hwn. Ers mis Mawrth y llynedd, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi buddsoddi arian sylweddol mewn cymorth iechyd meddwl i'n gweithlu iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi adeiladu ar ei mecanweithiau partneriaeth gymdeithasol hirsefydledig i weithio'n agos gyda'r GIG, cyflogwyr ac undebau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol i sicrhau bod cynnig llesiant amlhaenog ar gael i weithwyr iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, oherwydd credaf fod yn rhaid i ni gydnabod y bydd y pandemig yn effeithio ar unigolion mewn ffyrdd gwahanol, ac efallai y byddant am gael gwahanol lefelau a mathau o ymyrraeth, a dyna pam y mae'n rhaid i'r cynnig rydym wedi'i ddatblygu gynnwys gwasanaeth gwrando llai dwys, yn ogystal â therapi dwys a hyd yn oed gwasanaeth iechyd corfforol y gallai fod ei angen ar rai, ar ben y cyngor ymarferol ac ariannol y gallai fod ei angen ar rai.