English: Thank you for your reply, Minister, and also for your prompt reply to my written question on this issue. I'm very pleased to hear that you have plans for a new time framework to improve children's early access to the right support, as well as a collaboration across Government to improve support for people with ADHD. However, as I said during last week's business statement, many adults across Wales are being undiagnosed in their childhood, and we know that a person's personal circumstances can bring about profound change within their mental health. Sufferers go undiagnosed until adulthood, because the diagnostic criteria is based on research that focuses on traits exhibited by young boys. Leading psychologists have warned that gender bias is leaving many women with ADHD undiagnosed, and it's estimated that tens of thousands of women in the UK were actually unaware that they have the condition and are not receiving the help that they need. I was surprised to see with my own eyes the NHS 111 Wales website state, with regard to such services, and I quote, 'Who you are referred to depends on your age and what is available in your local area.' Minister, this began with a constituent who had contacted me to complain that his doctor's surgery could not do a referral for his wife, as there is no such service available. And since my statement in the Senedd previously, more and more people are writing to me from various areas in Wales expressing the hurdles they have faced personally and for their loved ones. So, can you, please, Deputy Minister, confirm that the planned new framework will address these concerns of those adults who have not yet been diagnosed in their childhood and require support? And will you be able to give some insight as to when your proposals will be published? Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch ichi am eich ateb, Weinidog, a hefyd am eich ateb prydlon i fy nghwestiwn ysgrifenedig ar y mater hwn. Rwy'n falch iawn o glywed bod gennych gynlluniau ar gyfer amserlen newydd i wella mynediad cynnar plant at y cymorth cywir, yn ogystal â chydweithrediad ar draws y Llywodraeth i wella'r gefnogaeth i bobl ag ADHD. Fodd bynnag, fel y dywedais yn ystod datganiad busnes yr wythnos diwethaf, mae llawer o oedolion ledled Cymru ddim yn cael diagnosis yn ystod eu plentyndod, a gwyddom y gall amgylchiadau personol unigolyn arwain at newid difrifol yn eu hiechyd meddwl. Nid yw dioddefwyr yn cael diagnosis nes eu bod yn oedolion, oherwydd mae'r meini prawf diagnostig yn seiliedig ar ymchwil sy'n canolbwyntio ar nodweddion a arddangosir gan fechgyn ifanc. Mae seicolegwyr blaenllaw wedi rhybuddio bod rhagfarn rhyw yn gadael llawer o fenywod ag ADHD heb ddiagnosis, ac amcangyfrifir bod degau o filoedd o fenywod yn y DU heb fod yn ymwybodol fod ganddynt y cyflwr ac nad ydynt yn cael y cymorth sydd ei angen arnynt. Synnais weld gyda fy llygaid fy hun fod gwefan GIG 111 Cymru yn datgan, mewn perthynas â'r cyfryw wasanaethau, ac rwy'n dyfynnu, 'Mae pwy y cewch eich atgyfeirio atynt yn dibynnu ar eich oedran a'r hyn sydd ar gael yn eich ardal leol.' Weinidog, dechreuodd hyn gydag etholwr a oedd wedi cysylltu â mi i gwyno na allai ei feddygfa atgyfeirio ei wraig, gan nad oes gwasanaeth o'r fath ar gael. Ac ers fy natganiad yn y Senedd yn flaenorol, mae mwy a mwy o bobl yn ysgrifennu ataf o wahanol ardaloedd yng Nghymru yn disgrifio'r rhwystrau y maent wedi'u hwynebu'n bersonol ac ar ran eu hanwyliaid. Felly, os gwelwch yn dda, Ddirprwy Weinidog, a allwch gadarnhau y bydd y fframwaith newydd arfaethedig yn mynd i'r afael â phryderon yr oedolion nad ydynt wedi cael diagnosis yn eu plentyndod ac sydd angen cymorth? Ac a allwch roi gwybodaeth ynghylch pryd y cyhoeddir eich argymhellion? Diolch.