English: I'd like to request a debate in Government time on staff shortages within the NHS. In the news today is the report about maternity services at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, and these services have now been centralised. A large number of angry and worried people from Maerdy in the Rhondda have also been in touch with me over the weekend about problems with their local surgery. At one minute to five last Friday, I received an e-mail from the senior manager at Cwm Taf health board that said: 'The health board has made an urgent and unplanned decision to temporarily close Maerdy surgery for a period of four weeks, from Monday 11 March, for health and safety to investigate an exterior pest control issue in the grounds or near the surgery. During this time the surgery cannot provide any appointments or repeat prescriptions'. All of this is driven, in my view, by staff shortages. Maerdy surgery has already cut its hours to 20 per week, putting an incredible amount of pressure on nearby Ferndale surgery. And I have received complaints since yesterday, from Maerdy people, describing the difficulties that they've had getting through to Ferndale surgery, by phone, to book an appointment. Now, people in Maerdy fear that this is the thin end of the wedge, and that their local surgery is going to be run down, and eventually closed down. Does it really take a month to sort out a rat infestation, and why weren't other premises considered? There are plenty of other empty and underused buildings in the community - austerity has made sure of that. The people of Maerdy are seeking guarantees that your NHS staffing crisis won't result in threatening the future viability of their surgery. This is a community at the top of the Rhondda Fach, which is already isolated as a result of poor transport and roads, and people are sick and tired of having services taken from them. We'll be gathering at the surgery this Saturday morning, at 10 a.m., and I hope people there will turn out to show the strength of feeling on this. But a debate about wider staffing questions, with an opportunity for the Minister to give assurances and guarantees to this community, would be more than welcome. I would also like to congratulate and welcome the announcement made on International Women's Day by the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sophie Howe, that she is providing for time off for staff experiencing domestic abuse. This follows on from groundbreaking policy developments in New Zealand, where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern got such a policy through Parliament in July of last year. This is already party policy for Labour at a UK level. When the policy was announced by Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, Dawn Butler, she said: 'On average two women a week are murdered by their current or former abusive partner. These 10 days could literally help save the lives of those women.' Having worked closely with Welsh Women's Aid, I know that Dawn Butler is not exaggerating here. Given that this Senedd is the only national institution in the UK that is run by Labour, and Labour here is in a position to actually do something about this and show leadership that will mean that, hopefully, others will follow, when can we expect an announcement from Welsh Ministers for all Welsh public sector workers to be given the right to time off to deal with domestic abuse? Otherwise, how can you hope to be what has been called a feminist Government, striving to make Wales the safest place for women?
Welsh: Hoffwn i ofyn am ddadl yn amser y Llywodraeth am brinder staff yn y GIG. Yn y newyddion heddiw, ceir adroddiad am wasanaethau mamolaeth yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg, ac mae'r gwasanaethau hyn bellach wedi eu canoli. Mae nifer fawr o bobl ddig a gofidus o'r Maerdy yn y Rhondda wedi cysylltu â mi hefyd yn ystod y penwythnos ynghylch problemau â'u meddygfa leol. Am un funud i bump o'r gloch ddydd Gwener diwethaf, cefais e-bost gan yr uwch reolwr ym Mwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf a ddywedodd: Mae'r bwrdd iechyd wedi gwneud penderfyniad brys nas cynlluniwyd i gau meddygfa'r Maerdy dros dro am gyfnod o bedair wythnos, gan ddechrau ddydd Llun 11 Mawrth, fel y gall iechyd a diogelwch ymchwilio i fater rheoli plâu allanol yn nhiriogaeth y feddygfa a gerllaw. Ni all y feddygfa gynnig unrhyw apwyntiadau nac ail bresgripsiynau yn ystod y cyfnod hwn. Yn fy marn i, mae hyn oll yn wedi ei sbarduno gan brinder staff. Mae meddygfa'r Maerdy eisoes wedi cwtogi ei horiau i 20 awr yr wythnos, gan roi pwysau anhygoel ar feddygfa Ferndale gerllaw. Ac rwyf wedi cael cwynion ers ddoe, gan bobl y Maerdy, sy'n disgrifio'r anawsterau y maen nhw wedi eu cael wrth geisio ffonio meddygfa Ferndale i wneud apwyntiad. Nawr, mae pobl yn y Maerdy yn ofni mai blaen y gyllell yw hyn a bod eu meddygfa leol yn mynd i gael ei lleihau a'i chau yn y pen draw. A yw hi'n wir yn cymryd mis i ymdrin â phla o lygod mawr, a pham na chafodd safleoedd eraill eu hystyried? Mae digonedd o adeiladau eraill, sy'n wag ac nad oes digon o ddefnydd arnynt yn y gymuned - mae cyni wedi gwneud yn siŵr o hynny. Mae pobl y Maerdy yn chwilio am sicrwydd na fydd argyfwng staffio'r GIG yn bygwth hyfywedd eu meddygfa yn y dyfodol. Mae hon yn gymuned ar ben uchaf y Rhondda Fach, sydd eisoes wedi ei hynysu oherwydd trafnidiaeth a ffyrdd gwael, ac mae pobl wedi cael llond bol o gael gwasanaethau'n cael eu cymryd oddi arnyn nhw. Byddwn yn ymgynnull wrth y feddygfa y bore Sadwrn hwn, am 10 a.m., ac rwyf yn gobeithio y bydd y bobl yn dod yno i ddangos cryfder eu teimladau ar hyn. Ond byddai croeso mawr i ddadl ynglŷn â chwestiynau staffio ehangach, gyda chyfle i'r Gweinidog roi sicrwydd a gwarantau i'r gymuned hon. Hoffwn i hefyd longyfarch a chroesawu'r cyhoeddiad a wnaed ar Ddiwrnod Rhyngwladol y Menywod gan Gomisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol yng Nghymru, Sophie Howe, ei bod hi'n darparu amser i ffwrdd o'r gwaith ar gyfer staff sy'n profi camdriniaeth ddomestig. Mae hyn yn dilyn datblygiadau polisi arloesol yn Seland Newydd, lle aeth y Prif Weinidog, Jacinda Ardern, â pholisi o'r fath drwy'r Senedd ym mis Gorffennaf y llynedd. Mae hyn eisoes yn bolisi gan y Blaid Lafur ar lefel y DU. Pan gyhoeddwyd y polisi gan Ysgrifennydd Gwladol yr Wrthblaid dros Fenywod a Chydraddoldebau, Dawn Butler, dywedodd hi: Ar gyfartaledd, mae dwy fenyw yr wythnos yn cael eu llofruddio gan bartner presennol neu gyn-bartner sy'n eu cam-drin. Gallai'r 10 diwrnod hyn helpu i achub bywydau'r menywod hynny yn llythrennol. Wedi gweithio'n agos gyda Chymorth i Ferched Cymru, gwn nad yw Dawn Butler yn gor-ddweud pethau yma. O gofio mai'r Senedd hon yw'r unig sefydliad cenedlaethol yn y DU sy'n cael ei rhedeg gan Lafur, a bod Llafur mewn sefyllfa i wneud rhywbeth am hyn, a dangos arweinyddiaeth a fydd yn golygu, gobeithio, y bydd eraill yn ei dilyn, pryd y gallwn ni ddisgwyl cyhoeddiad gan Weinidogion Cymru y bydd yr holl weithwyr sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru yn cael yr hawl i gael amser i ffwrdd o'r gwaith i ymdrin â chamdriniaeth ddomestig? Fel arall, sut y gallwch obeithio bod yn Llywodraeth ffeministaidd, sy'n ymdrechu i sicrhau mai Cymru yw'r lle mwyaf diogel i fenywod?