English: I speak as another member of the Petitions Committee who heard the evidence that was given to us. Can I also thank Beth Baldwin for her commitment and tenacity on this subject? She and her family have courageously strived to ensure that the tragedy experienced by their family should lead to improvements in awareness and identification of type 1 diabetes in children. Without her, we would not be having this debate today. For that, we owe thanks to Beth Baldwin and her family. It is also notable how the Baldwin family have conducted their campaign in an extremely positive way. The petition is only one aspect of their efforts, and along with it they have continued to raise public awareness of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes and raise very significant funds for Diabetes UK Cymru. They should be immensely proud and, again, I would like to personally thank them, and I'm sure that the whole of this Chamber would. Type 1 diabetes has touched my life twice: once with fatal consequences and once with a happy ending. Whilst working as a relatively young college lecturer, I had a student who continually drank water and frequently visited the toilet. He was generally fit and apparently healthy. He went away on holiday for two weeks one Easter, was taken ill, had complications as his diabetes had not been identified - it was too late, and then he died. The second case concerned someone who I worked with who also drank water continually. A colleague suggested he visited a doctor to be tested for diabetes. After several days of nagging - not just from the one colleague, but by the whole office, the original colleague kept on, but so did the rest of us, including me and others there - he made an appointment with the doctor. When he visited the doctor, he was treated as if he was wasting the doctor's time - he was young, fit and slim, active, weight lifting, doing all the things that young fit men do. The doctor eventually agreed to test him for diabetes. Twenty-four hours later, he was in hospital. He is now back to normal and with his diabetes under control. He owes his life to his colleagues and his own tenacity. Diabetes is a serious lifelong condition where your blood glucose level is too high, although I've been told by people - I'm sure other people have - 'I've got a bit of diabetes', as if it was a cold or a minor virus they were suffering from. We know the common warning signs - as I say, we know the four Ts - but does everybody out there know them? And I think that's a challenge to all of us: if you're going to do something useful in society, it's to get across as often as you possibly can - thirsty, tired, toilet, thinning - 'Any two out of four, go and get it checked.' Most likely, it isn't diabetes, but the result of you not testing it can be fatal. I welcome the Government's response when they say the importance of the early detection of type 1 diabetes is acknowledged in their diabetes delivery plan for Wales. There are clear guidelines in place to support healthcare professionals in the investigation of suspected diabetes, and the complications of diabetes are reported as part of the national paediatric diabetes audit. I further welcome the acceptance that the Welsh Government should seek assurance from health boards that appropriate blood glucose testing equipment is available in all relevant primary care settings and that all GPs have access to equipment that will help to identify potential cases of type 1 diabetes upon presentation. The key is to work with health boards and other key partners to ensure that the four Ts campaign is promoted. But it's not just in hospitals, it's not just amongst health professionals - other partners are needed in schools and colleges. School and college staff need to know what to look for. Can I just say how much I wish I had known what to look for that time, as I'm sure my colleagues do? I do not want a case like the first one I described for anyone else to be talking about. Thank you.
Welsh: Rwy'n siarad fel aelod arall o'r Pwyllgor Deisebau a glywodd y dystiolaeth a roddwyd i ni. Hefyd, a gaf fi ddiolch i Beth Baldwin am ei hymrwymiad a'i dyfalbarhad ar y mater hwn? Mae hi a'i theulu wedi ymdrechu'n ddewr i sicrhau y dylai'r drasiedi a ddioddefodd eu teulu arwain at welliannau o ran ymwybyddiaeth a chanfod diabetes math 1 mewn plant. Hebddi, ni fyddem yn cael y ddadl hon heddiw. Am hynny, rhaid i ni ddiolch i Beth Baldwin a'i theulu. Mae'n werth nodi hefyd y modd mor eithriadol o gadarnhaol y mae'r teulu Baldwin wedi ymladd eu hymgyrch. Un agwedd yn unig ar eu hymdrechion yw'r ddeiseb, ac yn ogystal â hynny maent wedi parhau i godi ymwybyddiaeth y cyhoedd o symptomau diabetes math 1 ac wedi codi arian sylweddol iawn i Diabetes UK Cymru. Dylent fod yn hynod o falch ac unwaith eto, hoffwn ddiolch yn bersonol iddynt, ac rwy'n siŵr y byddai'r holl Siambr yn dymuno gwneud hynny. Mae diabetes math 1 wedi cyffwrdd fy mywyd ddwywaith: unwaith gyda chanlyniadau angheuol ac unwaith gyda diwedd hapus. Tra'n gweithio fel darlithydd coleg cymharol ifanc, cefais fyfyriwr a oedd yn yfed dŵr yn barhaus ac yn mynd i'r toiled yn aml. At ei gilydd, roedd yn heini ac i'w weld yn iach. Aeth i ffwrdd ar ei wyliau am bythefnos un Pasg, aeth yn sâl, dioddefodd gymhlethdodau am nad oedd ei ddiabetes wedi'i ganfod - roedd yn rhy hwyr, ac yna bu farw. Roedd yr ail achos yn ymwneud â rhywun y bûm yn gweithio gydag ef a oedd hefyd yn yfed dŵr yn barhaus. Awgrymodd cydweithiwr y dylai fynd i weld y meddyg a chael prawf diabetes. Ar ôl sawl diwrnod o wasgu arno - nid yn unig gan yr un cydweithiwr, ond gan y swyddfa gyfan, daliodd y cydweithiwr gwreiddiol ati, ac fe wnaeth y gweddill ohonom yr un peth, gan fy nghynnwys i ac eraill yno - fe wnaeth apwyntiad gyda meddyg. Pan aeth at y meddyg, cafodd ei drin fel pe bai'n gwastraffu amser y meddyg - roedd yn ifanc, yn ffit ac yn heini a heb fod dros bwysau, roedd yn codi pwysau ac yn gwneud popeth y mae dynion ifanc ffit yn ei wneud. Yn y pen draw cytunodd y meddyg i roi profion diabetes iddo. Bedair awr ar hugain yn ddiweddarach, roedd yn yr ysbyty. Mae bellach yn ôl i normal a'i ddiabetes o dan reolaeth. Mae'n dal yn fyw, diolch i'w gydweithwyr a'i ddyfalbarhad ei hun. Cyflwr gydol oes difrifol yw diabetes lle mae lefel y glwcos yn eich gwaed yn rhy uchel, er bod rhai pobl wedi dweud wrthyf - fel y mae pobl eraill wedi'i glywed rwy'n siŵr - 'mae gennyf ryw ychydig o ddiabetes', fel pe baent yn dioddef o annwyd neu feirws cymharol ddiniwed. Gwyddom am yr arwyddion rhybudd cyffredin - fel rwy'n dweud, fe wyddom am y 4T - ond a yw pawb allan yno yn eu gwybod? A dyna'r her i bob un ohonom: os ydych chi'n mynd i wneud rhywbeth defnyddiol mewn cymdeithas, beth am ailadrodd mor aml ag y gallwch - teimlo'n sychedig, teimlo'n flinedig, tŷ bach, teneuach - 'Unrhyw ddau o'r pedwar, ewch i gael archwiliad.' Mwy na thebyg nad diabetes ydyw, ond gall canlyniad peidio â chael eich profi fod yn angheuol. Rwy'n croesawu ymateb y Llywodraeth pan ddywedant fod pwysigrwydd canfod diabetes math 1 yn gynnar yn cael ei gydnabod yn eu cynllun cyflawni ar gyfer diabetes yng Nghymru. Mae canllawiau clir wedi'u sefydlu i gynorthwyo gweithwyr gofal iechyd proffesiynol i archwilio pan fo amheuaeth o ddiabetes, a chaiff cymhlethdodau diabetes eu hadrodd fel rhan o'r archwiliad diabetes pediatrig cenedlaethol. Rwy'n falch hefyd fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi derbyn yr argymhelliad y dylai geisio sicrwydd gan fyrddau iechyd fod offer profi priodol ar gyfer mesur glwcos yn y gwaed ar gael ym mhob lleoliad gofal sylfaenol perthnasol, a bod gan bob meddyg teulu offer wrth law a fydd yn helpu i ganfod achosion posibl o ddiabetes math 1. Yr allwedd yw gweithio gyda byrddau iechyd a phartneriaid allweddol eraill i sicrhau bod yr ymgyrch 4T yn cael ei hyrwyddo. Ond nid yn unig mewn ysbytai, nid yn unig ymysg gweithwyr iechyd proffesiynol - mae angen partneriaid eraill mewn ysgolion a cholegau. Mae angen i staff ysgolion a cholegau wybod am beth i chwilio. A gaf fi ddweud cymaint rwy'n dymuno pe bawn i'n gwybod am beth y chwiliwn y tro hwnnw, fel fy nghydweithwyr rwy'n siŵr? Nid wyf am i neb arall orfod siarad am achos fel yr un cyntaf a ddisgrifiais. Diolch.