English: I'm very grateful for this opportunity to contribute to today's debate, because it's vital that we draw attention to the challenges facing the health service to prevent those challenges from becoming normalised. And that's the big danger, that the current deficiencies become a normal part of the service in moving forward to the future. I also welcome this opportunity to call on the Welsh Government to use the full range of powers that it has to try to tackle the variety of problems in the health sector, as we've already heard. The people of Wales can and should expect better. We've already heard this evening about the variety of complex issues that face the health service. Ambulance waiting times remind us clearly of the huge pressure on the sector. In November alone, 4,600 red calls were made to the ambulance service - the highest ever number of red calls in a single month. Fewer than half of the ambulances arrived within the target time of eight minutes. Too many people therefore are having to wait hours for an ambulance, instead being encouraged to travel to their local A&E departments themselves. And, on several occasions, an ambulance isn't even available. We've heard so many heartbreaking accounts this winter. Just before Christmas, we saw the very powerful image on the news platforms and social media of a 93-year-old woman, one of my constituents, lying on the floor having been left screaming in agony as she waited 25 hours for an ambulance. And it's important for us to remember, of course, that, behind these numerous stories and the bare facts and statistics are real people and real families having to watch their loved ones in pain.
Welsh: Dwi'n ddiolchgar iawn am y cyfle i gyfrannu i'r ddadl hon heddiw, achos mae'n gwbl hanfodol ein bod ni'n tynnu sylw at yr heriau sy'n wynebu'r gwasanaeth iechyd rhag ofn iddyn nhw gael eu normaleiddio. A dyna'r perygl mawr yw bod y diffygion presennol yn dod yn rhan normal o'r gwasanaeth yn symud ymlaen i'r dyfodol. Dwi hefyd yn croesawu'r cyfle hwn i alw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ddefnyddio'r ystod lawn o bwerau sydd ganddyn nhw i geisio mynd i'r afael â'r amryw broblemau yn y sector iechyd, fel rŷn ni wedi clywed yn barod. Gall, ac fe ddylai, bobl Cymru ddisgwyl gwell na hyn. Rŷn ni eisoes wedi clywed heno am yr amrywiaeth o faterion cymhleth sy'n wynebu'r gwasanaeth iechyd. Mae amseroedd aros ambiwlansys yn amlygu'n glir y pwysau aruthrol sy'n wynebu'r sector. Ym mis Tachwedd yn unig, roedd 4,600 o alwadau coch wedi eu gwneud i'r gwasanaeth ambiwlans - y nifer uchaf erioed o alwadau coch mewn un mis. Cyrhaeddodd llai na hanner yr ambiwlansys hyn o fewn yr amser targed o wyth munud. Mae gormod o bobl, felly, yn gorfod aros am oriau am ambiwlansys, yn aml yn cael eu hannog i deithio i adrannau A&E eu hunain, ac mewn sawl achos, does dim hyd yn oed ambiwlans ar gael. Mae cymaint o straeon torcalonnus wedi bod dros y gaeaf hwn. Ychydig cyn y Nadolig, fe welson ni lun hynod o ddirdynol ar y newyddion a'r cyfryngau cymdeithasol o wraig 93 oed, un o fy etholwyr i, yn gorwedd ar y llawr ar ôl cael ei gadael yn sgrechian mewn poen wrth iddi aros 25 awr am ambiwlans. Ac mae'n bwysig inni gofio, wrth gwrs, y tu ôl i'r straeon niferus hyn a'r ystadegau moel, mae yna bobl go iawn a theuluoedd go iawn yn gwylio eu hanwyliaid mewn poen.