English: I'll keep my comments fairly brief. I haven't been here all that long, but already there's a feeling of groundhog when it comes to discussing winter pressures. There's no doubt that there have been some extraordinary episodes of increased pressure over this winter, and I would like to pay tribute to the astoundingly dedicated members of staff right across our health and care services in Wales who have been trying to deal with the situation that they have been faced with over the past months. You're quite right that they continue to face it up towards the end of winter. But fundamental questions: do we think there'll be a winter next year? I think there will be. What then, assuming there'll be one, are the fundamental shifts that we can look for signs of from this Government that will put the NHS in Wales in a stronger position in order to deal with those pressures when they inevitably come? Because they do. I was at Ysbyty Gwynedd a matter of 10 days ago, getting the latest insight into the situation there: near 100 per cent bed occupancy, if not 100 per cent. I think the day I was there they were expecting 50 patients in. There were 54 patients in beds in Ysbyty Gwynedd that didn't need to be there. You can see where the problem is. If not every day, every few days I'm hearing tales of patients having their elective surgery cancelled. This is what's happening. This is causing untold distress for those patients and their families, and it is causing delays to treatment that will have who knows what effect on their recovery from the illnesses that they face - [ Interruption.] I'm more than happy to take an intervention -
Welsh: Fe wnaf i gadw fy sylwadau yn eithaf byr. Nid wyf wedi bod yma mor hir â hynny, ond eisoes mae teimlad o 'groundhog' pan ddaw at drafod pwysau'r gaeaf. Nid oes unrhyw amheuaeth y bu rhai achosion rhyfeddol o bwysau cynyddol dros y gaeaf hwn, a hoffwn dalu teyrnged i aelodau syfrdanol o ymroddedig o staff ar draws ein gwasanaethau iechyd a gofal yng Nghymru sydd wedi ceisio ymdrin â'r sefyllfa sydd wedi eu hwynebu dros y misoedd diwethaf. Rydych chi'n hollol iawn eu bod yn parhau i'w wynebu tuag at ddiwedd y gaeaf. Ond cwestiynau sylfaenol: ydym ni'n credu y bydd gaeaf y flwyddyn nesaf? Credaf y bydd. Beth felly, gan dybio y bydd un, yw'r symudiadau sylfaenol y gallwn ni edrych am arwyddion ohonyn nhw gan y Llywodraeth hon a fydd yn rhoi'r GIG yng Nghymru mewn sefyllfa gryfach er mwyn ymdrin â'r pwysau hwnnw pan fydd yn dod yn anochel? Oherwydd mae yn dod. Roeddwn i yn Ysbyty Gwynedd rhyw 10 diwrnod yn ôl, yn cael y cipolwg diweddaraf ar y sefyllfa yno: bron i 100 y cant o'r gwelyau yn cael eu defnyddio, os nad oedd yn 100 y cant. Rwy'n credu y diwrnod yr oeddwn i yno eu bod yn disgwyl 50 o gleifion i mewn. Roedd 54 o gleifion mewn gwelyau yn Ysbyty Gwynedd nad oedd angen iddyn nhw fod yno. Gallwch chi weld lle mae'r broblem. Bob yn ail a thrydydd diwrnod rwy'n clywed straeon am gleifion sy'n cael llawdriniaeth ddewisol wedi'i chanslo. Dyma beth sy'n digwydd. Mae hyn yn peri gofid difesur i'r cleifion hynny a'u teuluoedd, ac mae'n achosi oedi i driniaeth a fydd yn cael effaith na all neb ei dirnad ar eu hadferiad o'r salwch y maen nhw'n ei wynebu - [ torri ar draws.] Rwy'n fwy na pharod i dderbyn ymyriad -