English: Minister, this is an issue that is of great concern to my constituents. Those who live in Cilfynydd, Glyncoch and Ynysybwl depend directly upon the A&E facilities at the Royal Glamorgan, whilst the rest of my constituents, who depend upon A&E provision at Prince Charles Hospital, are rightly concerned about the additional pressures that could be placed upon facilities there if A&E at the Royal Glamorgan is removed or downgraded. At a meeting of Assembly Members, MPs and council leaders last Friday, the health board talked us through very candidly the problems that they are facing with the sustainability of services at the Royal Glamorgan, with A&E there being run, as you've said, by one permanent consultant and three locums, and that one consultant now bringing forward his retirement, thus leaving the service in a potentially unsustainable condition. The health board assured us that they'd been engaged in a continuous open recruitment process for several years, but, despite that, had been unable to recruit any other consultant. What assistance could you as health Minister provide to Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board to help bolster their recruitment drive and encourage consultants to take up these vacant positions at the hospital? What resources could be provided to both Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr, and the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, to help ensure that their A&E departments are able to support the additional demand that would be placed upon them if A&E at Royal Glamorgan is removed or downgraded? And, finally, we all know that some people who arrive at A&E could be better dealt with at a minor injuries unit, which can do so much more than treating minor injuries - such as dealing with broken bones, for example. But the closure of minor injuries units, or the reduction of hours that we have seen at some, such as Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, in my constituency, leaves patients with little choice but to go to A&E. So, as part of these proposals for the Royal Glamorgan, will you, Minister, commit to working with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board to explore the possibility of strengthening minor injuries units in community hospitals such as Ysbyty Cwm Cynon and Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda, thus bringing health services closer to the people and relieving pressure on A&E?
Welsh: Weinidog, mae hwn yn fater sy'n peri pryder mawr i fy etholwyr. Mae'r rhai sy'n byw yng Nghilfynydd, Glyn-coch ac Ynys-y-bŵl yn dibynnu'n uniongyrchol ar y cyfleusterau damweiniau ac achosion brys yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg, tra bod gweddill fy etholwyr, sy'n dibynnu ar ddarpariaeth damweiniau ac achosion brys Ysbyty'r Tywysog Siarl, yn poeni'n briodol am y pwysau ychwanegol a allai fod ar gyfleusterau yno pe bai'r adran damweiniau ac achosion brys yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg yn cael ei chau neu ei hisraddio. Mewn cyfarfod o Aelodau'r Cynulliad, ASau ac arweinwyr cynghorau ddydd Gwener diwethaf, siaradodd y bwrdd iechyd yn onest iawn am y problemau y maent yn eu hwynebu gyda chynaliadwyedd gwasanaethau yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg, gyda'r adran damweiniau ac achosion brys yno'n cael ei chynnal, fel y dywedoch chi, gan un meddyg ymgynghorol parhaol a thri locwm, a bod un meddyg ymgynghorol bellach yn mynd i fod yn ymddeol yn gynt, gan adael y gwasanaeth mewn cyflwr a allai fod yn anghynaladwy. Cawsom ein sicrhau gan y bwrdd iechyd iddynt fod yn rhan o broses recriwtio agored a pharhaus ers sawl blwyddyn, ond eu bod, er hynny, wedi methu recriwtio meddyg ymgynghorol arall. Pa gymorth y gallech chi fel Gweinidog iechyd ei roi i Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg i helpu i gryfhau eu hymgyrch recriwtio ac annog meddygon ymgynghorol i ymgymryd â'r swyddi gwag hyn yn yr ysbyty? Pa adnoddau y gellid eu darparu i Ysbyty'r Tywysog Siarl ym Merthyr, ac Ysbyty Tywysoges Cymru ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr, i helpu i sicrhau bod eu hadrannau damweiniau ac achosion brys yn gallu ateb y galw ychwanegol a fyddai arnynt pe bai'r adran damweiniau ac achosion brys yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg yn cael ei chau neu ei hisraddio? Ac yn olaf, rydym i gyd yn gwybod y gallai rhai pobl sy'n cyrraedd adrannau damweiniau ac achosion brys gael eu trin yn well mewn uned fân anafiadau, a all wneud cymaint mwy na thrin mân anafiadau - megis trin esgyrn sydd wedi torri, er enghraifft. Ond mae cau unedau mân anafiadau, neu leihau oriau fel y gwelsom yn digwydd yn rhai ohonynt, fel Ysbyty Cwm Cynon yn fy etholaeth i, yn gadael cleifion heb fawr o ddewis ond mynd i'r adran damweiniau ac achosion brys. Felly fel rhan o'r cynigion hyn ar gyfer Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg, Weinidog, a wnewch chi ymrwymo i weithio gyda Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg, i archwilio'r posibilrwydd o gryfhau unedau mân anafiadau mewn ysbytai cymunedol fel Ysbyty Cwm Cynon ac Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda, a thrwy hynny ddod â gwasanaethau iechyd yn agosach at y bobl a lleddfu pwysau ar adrannau damweiniau ac achosion brys?