English: Thank you. Of the 0.5 million patient pathways waiting to start treatment in December, 21 per cent are here in north Wales. Of the around 0.25 million pathways waiting over 36 weeks, over 51,000 are here in north Wales. That's up 347 per cent since the start of the pandemic. Clearly, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is in desperate need of a recovery plan. In fact, I recently disclosed that one consultant has over 450 patients waiting for orthopaedic treatment. However, the north Wales situation is unique. Not only do we need a recovery plan because of the devastating pressure caused by the pandemic, but one that takes us to a better position than ever before, as it is fact that since 2015 the board has remained under direct Welsh Government intervention. In June 2015, Mark Drakeford, the First Minister - he wasn't at the time, but he is now - placed the health board in special measures, reflecting serious concerns about the leadership, the governance, mental health services, reconnecting with the public and other areas. Last week, the Minister for Health and Social Services set out four key areas that require improvements: mental health, strategy planning and performance, leadership and engagement. So, five years and nine months on from the commencement of special measures, we are basically back at square one. Now, whilst I appreciate that the targeted intervention plan is backed by £297 million up to the end of 2023-24, how can we be confident that those improvements that have been identified as needed will, in fact, be secured? In 2019, I disclosed that the Welsh Government had spent £83 million on propping up this health board, but what was achieved? The interventions have failed to deliver for our staff and for our patients. In the interest of the recovery and improvement of our health board, I would ask that a plan is delivered that shares the huge long-standing treatment burden with other boards across the UK, champions schemes like the new post-anaesthesia care unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd, plants the seeds for improved giant beanstalk-size growth in recruitment through maximising the potential for a north Wales medical school, and sees a dedicated mental health worker teach GP practices across Wales. Llywydd, the new chief executive of the Betsi Cadwladr University Health Board is now in post, and I have great hopes going forward that she will be able to turn this board around. We've had several previous to her and we've had several promises, but one of the reasons that brought her to the board - and she makes no secret of this fact - was the fact that she herself was let down when there was an incident within her own family. So, she knows first hand how we have to get these things right. I would urge anybody going forward after May here, in particular in north Wales, that change is brought and it's brought quickly. That would at least bring some further light to the lives of staff and our patients here in north Wales. Diolch.
Welsh: Diolch. O'r 0.5 miliwn o lwybrau cleifion sy'n aros i ddechrau triniaeth ym mis Rhagfyr, mae 21 y cant yma yng ngogledd Cymru. O'r tua 0.25 miliwn o lwybrau sy'n aros dros 36 wythnos, mae dros 51,000 yma yng ngogledd Cymru. Mae hynny wedi cynyddu 347 y cant ers dechrau'r pandemig. Yn amlwg, mae Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr angen cynllun adfer yn ddybryd. Yn wir, datgelais yn ddiweddar fod gan un meddyg ymgynghorol dros 450 o gleifion yn aros am driniaeth orthopedig. Fodd bynnag, mae sefyllfa gogledd Cymru'n unigryw. Rydym angen cynllun adfer oherwydd y pwysau dinistriol a achoswyd gan y pandemig, ond yn fwy na hynny rydym angen un sy'n mynd â ni i sefyllfa well nag erioed o'r blaen, gan ei bod yn wir fod y bwrdd wedi parhau i fod o dan ymyrraeth uniongyrchol Llywodraeth Cymru ers 2015. Ym mis Mehefin 2015, gosododd Mark Drakeford, y Prif Weinidog - nid oedd yn Brif Weinidog ar y pryd, ond mae bellach - y bwrdd iechyd mewn mesurau arbennig, gan adlewyrchu pryderon difrifol am yr arweinyddiaeth, y llywodraethu, gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl, ailgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a meysydd eraill. Yr wythnos diwethaf, nododd y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol bedwar maes allweddol sydd angen eu gwella: iechyd meddwl, cynllunio strategaeth a pherfformiad, arweinyddiaeth ac ymgysylltu. Felly, bum mlynedd a naw mis ar ôl dechrau mesurau arbennig, rydym yn ôl lle roeddem ar y dechrau i bob pwrpas. Nawr, er fy mod yn sylweddoli bod y cynllun ymyrraeth wedi'i dargedu'n cael ei gefnogi gan £297 miliwn hyd at ddiwedd 2023-24, sut y gallwn fod yn hyderus y bydd y gwelliannau hynny y nodwyd eu bod yn angenrheidiol yn digwydd mewn gwirionedd? Yn 2019, datgelais fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwario £83 miliwn ar gynnal y bwrdd iechyd hwn, ond beth a gyflawnwyd? Mae'r ymyriadau wedi methu cyflawni ar gyfer ein staff ac ar gyfer ein cleifion. Er mwyn adfer a gwella ein bwrdd iechyd, rwy'n gofyn am gyflawni cynllun sy'n rhannu'r baich triniaeth hirdymor enfawr gyda byrddau eraill ledled y DU, cynlluniau pencampwyr fel yr uned gofal ôl-anesthesia newydd yn Ysbyty Gwynedd, cynllun sy'n plannu'r hadau ar gyfer twf enfawr gwell mewn recriwtio drwy fanteisio i'r eithaf ar y potensial ar gyfer ysgol feddygol yng ngogledd Cymru, ac sy'n gweld gweithiwr iechyd meddwl dynodedig yn addysgu practisau meddygon teulu ledled Cymru. Lywydd, mae prif weithredwr newydd Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr bellach yn ei swydd, ac mae gennyf obeithion mawr wrth symud ymlaen y bydd yn gallu newid trywydd y bwrdd hwn. Rydym wedi cael sawl un cyn iddi hi ddod ac rydym wedi cael sawl addewid, ond un o'r rhesymau a ddaeth â hi i'r bwrdd - ac nid yw'n cuddio'r ffaith hon - oedd iddi hi ei hun gael ei siomi pan wynebodd ddigwyddiad yn ei theulu ei hun. Felly, mae'n gwybod yn uniongyrchol sut y mae'n rhaid inni gael y pethau hyn yn iawn. Byddwn yn annog unrhyw un yma wrth symud ymlaen ar ôl mis Mai, yn enwedig yng ngogledd Cymru, i sicrhau'r newid hwnnw a'i gyflwyno'n gyflym. Byddai hynny o leiaf yn dod â rhywfaint o oleuni pellach i fywydau staff a'n cleifion yma yng ngogledd Cymru. Diolch.