English: Two months ago, I asked for a Government statement about health workforce planning, because I was concerned that a number of GP surgeries in my region were at risk of closure. Local councillors who also raised the issue were accused of scaremongering, but last week we received confirmation that three surgeries are to close in Gilfach, Lansbury Park and Penyrheol, all managed by Aneurin Bevan health board and all in the Caerphilly County Borough Council area. I'm really concerned that the surgeries that will now have to take on thousands of new patients in light of these closures will struggle to deal with the extra demand, and that some people will have to travel to very far away places if they don't have their own transport. They might have trouble re-registering and accessing the new surgeries. I was out talking to residents in Lansbury Park last week, and one constituent told a colleague of mine that he was only just able to walk to a surgery round the corner, but he didn't know how he was going to be able to reach somewhere that was much further away. I've previously mentioned that the BMA GP heat-map analysis showed that 32 surgeries are at risk of closure in the Aneurin Bevan health board area. Three of these have now closed, or are about to close, which means a further 29 could still be at risk. My previous request for a statement went unheeded, I'm afraid. So, I'd like to ask again for a statement from the Welsh Government setting out what support will be made available to patients, pharmacies and surgeries that will have to cope with these new closures? Secondly, what immediate steps will the Welsh Government take to prevent the closure of further surgeries in their region through timely recruitment? And finally, how does the Welsh Government intend to turn around this disastrous failure to plan its future GP workforce in the face of growing demand? Diolch, Trefnydd.
Welsh: Ddeufis yn ôl, gofynnais am ddatganiad gan y Llywodraeth ynghylch cynllunio'r gweithlu ym maes iechyd, oherwydd fy mod i'n pryderu bod nifer o feddygfeydd teulu yn fy rhanbarth i mewn perygl o gau. Cafodd cynghorwyr lleol a gododd y mater hefyd eu cyhuddo o godi bwganod, ond yr wythnos diwethaf cawsom ni gadarnhad y bydd tair meddygfa yn cau yn y Gilfach, Parc Lansbury a Phenyrheol, a reolir gan Fwrdd Iechyd Aneurin Bevan a phob un ohonyn nhw yn ardal Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili. Rwy'n bryderus iawn y bydd y meddygfeydd a fydd yn gorfod cymryd miloedd o gleifion newydd erbyn hyn yn sgil y ffaith bod rhai eraill yn cau yn cael trafferth i ymdopi â'r galw ychwanegol, ac y bydd yn rhaid i rai pobl deithio i leoedd pell iawn os nad oes ganddyn nhw eu cludiant eu hunain. Efallai y byddan nhw'n cael trafferth ailgofrestru a defnyddio'r meddygfeydd newydd. Roeddwn i allan yn siarad â thrigolion Parc Lansbury yr wythnos diwethaf, a dywedodd un etholwraig wrth fy nghyd-Aelod nad oedd ddim ond prin yn gallu cerdded i'r feddygfa rownd y gornel, ond nid oedd yn gwybod sut yr oedd hi'n mynd i allu cyrraedd rhywle a oedd lawer ymhellach i ffwrdd. Rwyf i wedi sôn o'r blaen fod dadansoddiad map gwres meddygon teulu Cymdeithas Feddygon Prydain yn dangos bod 32 o feddygfeydd mewn perygl o gau yn ardal Bwrdd Iechyd Aneurin Bevan. Mae tair o'r rhain bellach wedi cau, neu ar fin cau, sy'n golygu y gallai 29 arall fod mewn perygl o hyd. Ni wrandawyd ar fy nghais blaenorol am ddatganiad, mae arna i ofn. Felly, hoffwn i ofyn eto am ddatganiad gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn nodi pa gymorth fydd ar gael i gleifion, fferyllfeydd a meddygfeydd a fydd yn gorfod ymdopi â sefyllfa newydd y meddygfeydd hyn yn cau? Yn ail, pa gamau y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd ar unwaith i atal rhagor o feddygfeydd rhag cau yn eu rhanbarth drwy recriwtio'n brydlon? Ac yn olaf, sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu gwyrdroi'r methiant trychinebus hwn i gynllunio ei weithlu meddygon teulu yn y dyfodol yn wyneb y galw cynyddol? Diolch, Trefnydd.