English: I'd like to request consideration for two statements, please, Trefnydd. One is with regard to the ongoing problems with Powys County Council's children's services. Now, I'm very grateful for the written statement that we have all received from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services and, though she's not here, I'd like to put on record my congratulations to her in her new post and welcome somebody with the level of expertise that she has to this role, where I'm sure she'll make an invaluable contribution. But I'm sure that there are many Members in this Chamber who represent Powys, as I do, who will be very concerned at the lack of progress after a whole 12 months of intervention. I wonder, Trefnydd, if you could ask the Deputy Minister whether she'd consider making a statement, perhaps in about eight weeks' time, when the administration at Powys County Council will have had an opportunity to respond to the inspectorate, to respond to concerns that she and her officials are raising, and I'm sure the correspondence that she will have received from me and, I'm sure, other elected Members. Because I suppose my concern is that, after all this time, we have not seen progress and, in the meantime, the childhoods of these children in Powys are passing by without the support to which we would all believe they are entitled, despite, in fairness, the support that I know they have received from the Welsh Government to enable them to address these issues. The other issue that I would like to ask you to raise with one of your colleagues is that I would like you to ask the health Minister himself if he will make a statement following the press coverage today of the aftermath of the issues in Tawel Fan. Members will have seen the correspondence released under freedom of information with Donna Ockenden, who, of course, conducted the original, very critical report. Now, in that exchange of correspondence with the Minister, Ms Ockenden says, for example, 'My concern is that the BCUHB board and senior management team within mental health at BCUHB do not currently have the capability and capacity to deliver upon the root and branch systemic review that is needed' to make the changes for older people's mental health services. She further then reports a nurse telling her of a recent visit to an elderly persons mental health ward, during which the senior member of staff did not speak at all. The senior member of management did not speak at all, either to a single member of staff or to a patient, though that will be reported as them having actively engaged with the service. The response from the health board to these concerns in that article - and, of course, it is only a press article - are beyond concerning in their complacency. I believe we need to hear from the Minister about how he responds to those criticisms. Essentially, Ms Ockenden is telling him that no progress has been made in the last six months. How does he respond to those concerns and what steps is he taking to ensure that the health board does have the capacity to address these very serious issues?
Welsh: Hoffwn ofyn am ystyriaeth i ddau ddatganiad, os gwelwch yn dda, Trefnydd. Mae un yn ymwneud â phroblemau parhaus gyda gwasanaethau plant Cyngor Sir Powys. Nawr, rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn am y datganiad ysgrifenedig yr ydym i gyd wedi ei dderbyn gan y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithas. Ac er nad yw hi yma, hoffwn gofnodi fy llongyfarchiadau iddi yn ei swydd newydd a chroesawu rhywun â'r lefel o arbenigedd sydd ganddi hi i'r swyddogaeth hon, ac rwyf yn siŵr y bydd yn gwneud cyfraniad amhrisiadwy. Ond rwy'n siŵr bod llawer o'r Aelodau yn y Siambr hon sy'n cynrychioli Powys, fel minnau, a fydd yn bryderus iawn ynghylch y diffyg cynnydd a wnaed ar ôl 12 mis cyfan o ymyrraeth. Tybed, Trefnydd, a allech chi ofyn i'r Dirprwy Weinidog a wnaiff hi ystyried gwneud datganiad, ymhen tuag wyth wythnos efallai, pan fydd y weinyddiaeth yng Nghyngor Sir Powys wedi cael cyfle i ymateb i'r arolygiaeth, i ymateb i'r pryderon a godir ganddi hi a'i swyddogion, ac rwyf yn siŵr yr ohebiaeth y bydd hi wedi ei chael gennyf i ac, rwyf yn siŵr, Aelodau etholedig eraill. Oherwydd, mae'n debyg mai fy mhryder i yw hyn. Ar ôl yr holl amser hwn, nid ydym wedi gweld cynnydd ac, yn y cyfamser, mae plentyndod y plant hyn ym Mhowys yn mynd heibio heb y cymorth y credwn i gyd sydd ganddynt yr hawl iddo, er gwaethaf, a bod yn deg, y cymorth y gwn iddynt ei gael gan Lywodraeth Cymru i'w galluogi nhw i fynd i'r afael â'r materion hyn. Y mater arall yr hoffwn ofyn i chi ei godi gydag un o'ch cyd-Aelodau yw hyn. Byddwn yn hoffi ichi ofyn i'r Gweinidog iechyd ei hun a yw'n mynd i wneud datganiad yn dilyn y sylw yn y wasg heddiw i ganlyniadau'r materion yn Nhawel Fan. Bydd yr Aelodau wedi gweld yr ohebiaeth a ryddhawyd o dan y ddeddf ryddid gwybodaeth rhwng y Gweinidog a Donna Ockenden, wrth gwrs, a gynhaliodd yr adroddiad gwreiddiol beirniadol iawn. Nawr, wrth gyfnewid gohebiaeth â'r Gweinidog, mae Ms Ockenden yn dweud, er enghraifft, Fy mhryder i yw nad oes gan Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr na'r uwch dîm rheoli ym maes iechyd meddwl ym Mwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr y gallu na'r capasiti ar hyn o bryd i gyflawni'r hyn sydd angen ei wneud yn unol â'r adolygiad systemig gwraidd a brig i wneud y newidiadau i wasanaethau iechyd meddwl pobl hŷn. Mae hi wedyn yn adrodd ymhellach bod nyrs wedi dweud wrthi am ymweliad diweddar â ward iechyd meddwl pobl hŷn pan na siaradodd yr uwch aelod o staff o gwbl. Ni siaradodd yr uwch aelod rheoli chwaith ag unrhyw aelod o'r staff na chlaf, er y bydd hynny'n cael ei nodi fel chwarae rhan weithredol yn y gwasanaeth. Mae ymateb y bwrdd iechyd i'r pryderon hyn yn yr erthygl honno - ac, wrth gwrs, erthygl yn y wasg yn unig ydyw - y tu hwnt i fod yn bryderus ynghylch eu hunanfoddhad. Credaf fod angen inni glywed gan y Gweinidog sut y mae ef yn ymateb i'r beirniadaethau hynny. Yn y bôn, mae Ms Ockenden yn dweud wrtho nad oes unrhyw gynnydd wedi ei wneud yn y chwe mis diwethaf. Sut y mae'n ymateb i'r pryderon hynny a pha gamau y mae'n eu cymryd i sicrhau bod gan y bwrdd iechyd y gallu i fynd i'r afael â materion difrifol iawn hyn?