English: Can I thank the Minister for her statement today and also for the invitation to technical briefings? I know, Minister, that you, as much as I am, are appalled that one in three babies who were stillborn at Cwm Taf may have survived if it were not for serious mistakes made at the Royal Glamorgan and Prince Charles hospitals between 2016 and 2018. This is a tragic day for families in south Wales who have had it confirmed that their precious baby died needlessly. The report into the maternity service scandal at Cwm Taf makes, as you said, Minister, yourself, harrowing reading, and my thoughts go to the mothers and the families who went through such tragic circumstances. Women facing childbirth have the right to expect high-quality care and the best chance of delivering a healthy baby, but they were let down and ultimately failed. The scale of this scandal is shocking, and it continues to pose many challenging questions for Cwm Taf, its regulatory system as well as, of course, the Labour Government here. In over a quarter of those cases, inadequate or inappropriate treatment was identified as a major factor in the outcome, and this is a clear failure to provide basic good care to women and their babies at the most vulnerable times of their lives. So, I suppose, my ultimate question, Minister, in that regard is: what went wrong? And while the panel has not outlined any specific recommendations and has said that the board is back on the right track, the stories from women affected make distressing reading. One, I quote, said, 'My fear is that we will share our stories and nothing will happen as a result and we will be slowly forgotten about. This has opened old wounds and we hope that it will result in change.' This fear seems to be justified, as deep concerns are still there about aspects of services provided by Prince Charles Hospital, which still did not meet, and I quote here from the panel, 'the standards of safety and effectiveness which it expected to see in a neonatal unit operating at that level within the UK healthcare system.' So, what mechanisms, Minister, are you putting in place to ensure that every single maternity unit in Wales is operating at that level within the UK healthcare system? And, ultimately, how will you and health boards be monitoring them in the future? I and my colleagues believe that there are wider problems within the healthcare service at play here. The former Minister took Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board out of special measures just six weeks after he said they needed further assurances from the health board in respect of progress in mental health services. But concerns about the health board's mental health services remain, and recent reports show that there were two deaths of patients in mental health service units in the board within six months. So, I think properly investigating staff complaints is still of concern to the board. And, in Tawel Fan, staff treatment was mentioned as a primary concern of families of patients there, who described staff as seemingly not concerned or not seeming to care about what was going on, or trying to cover up their actions. And there are some very harrowing quotes that we read today. One of the many women who tragically lost their children said this: 'He quite roughly threw a picture of the scan saying "Here's the last picture of your baby."' Also, '"The baby has died, do you want to see him?"', and, '"You had best see him now while he's at his best"'. Surely it's not just about the words, of course, that are said; it's about the way that they're said and the way that they're delivered. But, given the short notice at which Betsi was taken out of special measures, Minister, what assurances can you give the Chamber today that Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board's maternity services will stay within this level for the medium term? And how are you going to make sure that the staff who are responsible for these terrible incidents are properly investigated? Diolch, Llywydd.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am ei datganiad heddiw ac am y gwahoddiad i sesiynau briffio technegol hefyd? Rwy'n gwybod, Gweinidog, eich bod chi, cymaint â minnau, wedi eich arswydo gan y ffaith y gallai un o bob tri baban a oedd yn farw-anedig yng Nghwm Taf fod wedi goroesi oni bai am gamgymeriadau difrifol a wnaed yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg ac Ysbyty'r Tywysog Charles rhwng 2016 a 2018. Mae hwn yn ddiwrnod torcalonnus i deuluoedd yn y de sydd wedi cael cadarnhad y bu eu baban annwyl farw yn gwbl ddiangen. Mae'r adroddiad ar warth y gwasanaeth mamolaeth yng Nghwm Taf, fel y gwnaethoch chi eich hun ddweud, Gweinidog, yn ddirdynnol i'w ddarllen, ac mae'r mamau a'r teuluoedd a aeth drwy amgylchiadau mor drist yn fy meddyliau i. Mae gan fenywod sy'n wynebu geni plentyn hawl i ddisgwyl gofal o ansawdd uchel a'r cyfle gorau i roi genedigaeth i blentyn iach, ond cawson nhw gam a'u siomi yn y pen draw. Mae maint y gwarth hwn yn frawychus, ac mae'n parhau i godi llawer o gwestiynau heriol i Cwm Taf, ei system reoleiddio yn ogystal â'r Llywodraeth Lafur yn y fan hon, wrth gwrs. Mewn dros chwarter yr achosion hynny, nodwyd bod triniaeth annigonol neu amhriodol yn ffactor pwysig yn y canlyniad, ac mae hyn yn golygu methiant amlwg i ddarparu gofal sylfaenol da i fenywod a'u babanod ar yr adeg yn eu bywydau y maen nhw'n fwyaf agored i niwed. Felly, mae'n debyg mai fy nghwestiwn i yn y pen draw, Gweinidog, yn hyn o beth yw: beth aeth o'i le? Ac er nad yw'r panel wedi amlinellu unrhyw argymhellion penodol ac wedi dweud bod y bwrdd yn ôl ar y trywydd iawn, mae'r straeon gan y menywod dan sylw wedi bod yn anodd iawn eu darllen. Dywedodd un, ac rwy'n dyfynnu, 'Fy mhryder i yw y byddwn ni'n rhannu ein straeon ac na fydd dim yn digwydd o ganlyniad i hynny a gydag amser byddwn ni'n mynd yn angof. Mae hyn wedi agor hen glwyfau ac rydym ni'n gobeithio y bydd yn arwain at newid.' Mae'n ymddangos bod y pryder hwn yn ddilys, gan fod pryderon mawr yn parhau o ran agweddau ar y gwasanaethau a ddarperir gan Ysbyty'r Tywysog Charles, nad ydyn nhw'n bodloni o hyd, ac rwy'n dyfynnu'r panel, 'y safonau diogelwch ac effeithiolrwydd yr oedd yn disgwyl eu gweld mewn uned newyddenedigol sy'n gweithredu ar y lefel honno o fewn system gofal iechyd y DU.' Felly, pa systemau, Gweinidog, ydych chi'n eu rhoi ar waith i sicrhau bod pob un uned famolaeth yng Nghymru yn gweithio ar y lefel honno o fewn system gofal iechyd y DU? Ac, yn y pen draw, sut byddwch chi a'r byrddau iechyd yn eu monitro nhw yn y dyfodol? Mae fy nghyd-Aelodau a minnau o'r farn bod yna broblemau ehangach o fewn y gwasanaeth gofal iechyd ar waith yma. Tynnodd y cyn-Weinidog Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr allan o fesurau arbennig chwe wythnos yn unig ar ôl iddo ddweud bod angen sicrwydd pellach gan y bwrdd iechyd ynglŷn â chynnydd mewn gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl. Ond mae pryderon yn parhau o ran gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl y bwrdd iechyd, ac mae adroddiadau diweddar yn dangos y bu dau achos o farwolaeth claf o fewn chwe mis mewn unedau gwasanaeth iechyd meddwl yn y bwrdd. Felly, rwyf i o'r farn bod ymchwilio mewn modd priodol i gwynion staff yn parhau i fod yn destun pryder i'r bwrdd. Ac, yn Nhawel Fan, nodwyd bod triniaeth gan staff yn un o brif bryderon teuluoedd y cleifion yno, a wnaeth ddisgrifio staff nad oedd hi'n ymddangos bod ganddyn nhw yr un ots neu nad oedden nhw'n poeni dim am yr hyn a oedd yn digwydd, nac yn ceisio cuddio eu gweithredoedd nhw ychwaith. Ac rydym ni wedi darllen dyfyniadau dirdynnol iawn heddiw. Dywedodd un o'r menywod niferus a gollodd eu plant yn drist iawn: 'Fe daflodd lun o'r sgan ataf i'n ddi-deimlad gan ddweud "Dyma'r llun olaf o'ch baban."' Hefyd, '"Mae'r baban wedi marw, a ydych chi'n dymuno ei weld e'?', ac, 'Fe fyddai hi'n well i chi ei weld e' nawr tra'i fod e' ar ei orau"'. Wrth gwrs nid yw'n ymwneud dim ond â'r geiriau a gafodd eu dweud; mae hyn yn ymwneud â'r ffordd y cawson nhw eu dweud a'r ffordd y cawson nhw eu mynegi. Ond, o gofio'r modd y tynnwyd Betsi o fesurau arbennig ar fyr rybudd, Gweinidog, pa sicrwydd allwch chi ei roi i'r Siambr heddiw y bydd gwasanaethau mamolaeth bwrdd iechyd Cwm Taf Morgannwg yn aros o fewn y lefel hon yn y tymor canolig? A sut ydych chi am sicrhau y bydd y staff sy'n gyfrifol am y digwyddiadau ofnadwy hyn yn destun ymchwiliad priodol? Diolch, Llywydd.