English: We've listened to a number of very powerful speeches illustrating the catastrophe that is the Betsi Cadwaladr health board, over which the current Cabinet Secretary, and the previous one who's temporarily left the Chamber, presided. Now, for many, many years, the Labour Party has been accustomed to saying that the national health service is the envy of the world. Well, as far as Betsi Cadwaladr is concerned, I don't know which world they're thinking of - it must be the planet Pluto, because it certainly isn't the envy of anybody in this world of planet Earth. Michelle Brown raised a very important point in her speech earlier on, and that is the unresponsiveness of the Betsi Cadwaladr health board towards its patients with the complaints that they've made. We've had a massive number of individual examples that have been trotted out here this afternoon, and I make no apology for returning to a theme that I have raised in the Chamber on several occasions since I was elected: the denuding of the Welsh uplands based around Blaenau Ffestiniog of any substantial health service provision. It's well over a year now since I asked the First Minister what the Welsh Government was going to do about this, given that Betsi Cadwaladr is in special measures. I said, in Gwynedd in particular, in the area around Blaenau Ffestiniog, the record is exactly the opposite to that which the Government claimed in its 'Taking Wales Forward' document's section on health, where they said, 'We are committed to helping improve health and well-being for all.' What's happened in the Welsh uplands is entirely the opposite. In the seven well-being areas defined by Gwynedd Council, there is a community hub hospital in every one apart from Blaenau Ffestiniog, because their 24-hour service was closed several years ago and downgraded to a 10-hour health centre, and downgraded again since then. Since 2013, therefore, we've seen the closure of a hospital, a loss of hospital beds, the closure of the x-ray service, the closure of the minor injuries unit, the closure of teledermatology clinics and therapy services, two rural branch surgeries have closed, and the GP practice in Blaenau Ffestiniog was supposed to have four full-time doctors, but it's only got one salaried doctor and a variety of locums. As far as Blaenau Ffestiniog is concerned, they haven't got a national health service; they've got a notional health service. And in the 14 months since I made that indictment to the First Minister, absolutely nothing has changed despite the special measures, and something has got to be done about it.
Welsh: Rydym wedi gwrando ar nifer o areithiau grymus iawn sy'n dangos cymaint o drychineb yw bwrdd iechyd Betsi Cadwaladr dan lywyddiaeth yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet presennol a'r un blaenorol sydd wedi gadael y Siambr dros dro. Nawr, ers blynyddoedd maith, mae'r Blaid Lafur wedi arfer dweud bod y gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol yn destun eiddigedd y byd. Wel, o ran Betsi Cadwaladr, nid wyf yn gwybod pa fyd y maent yn ei feddwl - rhaid mai planed Plwto, oherwydd yn sicr nid yw'n destun eiddigedd i neb ar y ddaear hon. Nododd Michelle Brown bwynt pwysig iawn yn ei haraith yn gynharach, sef diffyg ymateb bwrdd iechyd Betsi Cadwaladr i'w gleifion mewn perthynas â'r cwynion y maent wedi eu gwneud. Rydym wedi cael rhes enfawr o enghreifftiau unigol yma y prynhawn yma, ac nid wyf yn ymddiheuro am ddychwelyd at thema a nodais yn y Siambr ar sawl achlysur ers cael fy ethol: amddifadu ucheldiroedd Cymru o gwmpas Blaenau Ffestiniog o unrhyw ddarpariaeth iechyd o sylwedd. Mae ymhell dros flwyddyn bellach ers i mi holi'r Prif Weinidog beth oedd Llywodraeth Cymru'n mynd i wneud ynglŷn â hyn, o ystyried bod Betsi Cadwaladr o dan fesurau arbennig. Dywedais fod y record yng Ngwynedd yn enwedig, yn yr ardal o amgylch Blaenau Ffestiniog, yn union i'r gwrthwyneb i'r hyn a honnai'r Llywodraeth yn yr adran ar iechyd yn ei dogfen 'Symud Cymru Ymlaen', lle roeddent yn dweud, 'Rydym wedi ymrwymo i helpu i wella iechyd a llesiant pawb.' Mae'r hyn sydd wedi digwydd yn ucheldiroedd Cymru yn gyfan gwbl i'r gwrthwyneb. Yn y saith ardal llesiant a ddiffiniwyd gan Gyngor Gwynedd, mae ysbyty hyb cymunedol ym mhob un ar wahân i Flaenau Ffestiniog, am fod eu gwasanaeth 24 awr wedi cau sawl blwyddyn yn ôl a'i israddio'n ganolfan iechyd 10 awr, ac mae wedi'i israddio eto ers hynny. Ers 2013, felly, rydym wedi gweld ysbyty'n cau, colli gwelyau ysbyty, cau'r gwasanaeth pelydr-x, cau uned mân anafiadau, cau clinigau teleddermatoleg a gwasanaethau therapi, mae dwy feddygfa gangen wledig wedi cau, ac roedd y practis meddyg teulu ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog i fod i gynnwys pedwar o feddygon llawn amser, ond un meddyg cyflogedig yn unig sydd ganddynt ac amryw o staff locwm. O ran Blaenau Ffestiniog, nid oes ganddynt wasanaeth iechyd gwladol; mae ganddynt wasanaeth iechyd damcaniaethol. Ac yn y 14 mis ers i mi gyflwyno'r feirniadaeth honno i'r Prif Weinidog, nid oes dim o gwbl wedi newid er gwaethaf y mesurau arbennig, ac mae'n rhaid gwneud rhywbeth am y peth.