English: Thank you, Llywydd. Members will, of course, know that I have committed to keeping you informed about COVID-19 developments, and this is my latest statement to do just that. The challenge from coronavirus is far from over. We have been successful in ensuring that our NHS has not been overwhelmed, but we continue to operate in an uncertain environment, and that will continue for some time to come. It's clear that the NHS and our social care systems must operate with COVID-19 as an ever-present challenge for the foreseeable future. So, we must remain vigilant and continue to use the best scientific evidence and advice to inform how we plan services moving forward. Today, I want to update Members on a number of important developments. We have to take unprecedented steps to increase all aspects of NHS activity to cope with the onset of COVID-19. That's staff, beds, medicines, equipment and more to plan for the worst possible scenario to provide services to meet the needs of those who are affected by COVID-19. That, of course, meant that I had to take the first decision within the UK to pause a wide range of other elective NHS activity. We've had to give careful consideration to how essential services can be provided during this time. Without that, there's a significant risk that indirect mortality and serious harm could increase dramatically. Difficult decisions have had to be made to balance those demands, and that, again, will continue for some time to come. Our ethical framework, though, will help to guide our decision making. At the end of March, the World Health Organization issued interim operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during the outbreak. That guidance is informing our own approach to maintaining services now and in considering any changes that we will make as we move forward. The World Health Organization suggests that, in selecting such priorities, it should initially focus on the prevention of communicable diseases, particularly through vaccination; services related to care during pregnancy and childbirth, reproductive health and the care of vulnerable populations, such as young infants and older adults; the provision of medicines and supplies for the ongoing management of chronic diseases, including mental health conditions; and the continuity of critical in-patient therapy and the management of emergency and acute presentations that require time-sensitive intervention; and just as importantly, services such as diagnostic imaging, laboratory services and blood bank services.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Bydd Aelodau, wrth gwrs, yn gwybod fy mod wedi ymrwymo i roi gwybod ichi am y datblygiadau o ran COVID-19, a dyma fy natganiad diweddaraf i wneud hynny. Mae her y coronafeirws ymhell o fod ar ben. Rydym ni wedi llwyddo i sicrhau nad yw ein GIG wedi cael ei lethu, ond rydym yn parhau i weithredu mewn amgylchedd ansicr, a bydd hynny'n parhau am beth amser. Mae'n amlwg bod yn rhaid i'r GIG a'n systemau gofal cymdeithasol weithredu gyda COVID-19 fel her fythol-barhaus hyd y gellir rhagweld. Felly, mae'n rhaid i ni fod yn wyliadwrus a pharhau i ddefnyddio'r dystiolaeth a'r cyngor gwyddonol gorau wrth i ni gynllunio gwasanaethau ar y dyfodol. Heddiw, fe hoffwn i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i'r Aelodau am nifer o ddatblygiadau pwysig. Mae'n rhaid i ni fynd ati mewn modd na welwyd erioed o'r blaen i gynyddu pob agwedd ar weithgarwch y GIG i ymdopi â dyfodiad COVID-19. Mae hynny'n golygu staff, gwelyau, meddyginiaethau, cyfarpar a mwy i gynllunio ar gyfer y sefyllfa waethaf bosibl er mwyn darparu gwasanaethau sy'n diwallu anghenion y rhai y mae COVID-19 yn effeithio arnynt. Roedd hynny, wrth gwrs, yn golygu y bu'n rhaid i mi wneud y penderfyniad cyntaf yn y DU i ohirio ystod eang o weithgareddau dewisol eraill y mae'r GIG ynghlwm â nhw. Rydym wedi gorfod ystyried yn ofalus sut y gellir darparu gwasanaethau hanfodol yn ystod y cyfnod hwn. Heb hynny, mae peryg sylweddol y gallai marwolaethau anuniongyrchol a niwed difrifol gynyddu'n sylweddol. Bu'n rhaid gwneud penderfyniadau anodd i gydbwyso'r gofynion hynny, ac unwaith eto, bydd hynny'n parhau am beth amser. Bydd ein fframwaith moesegol, fodd bynnag, yn ganllaw i'n helpu gyda phenderfyniadau. Ar ddiwedd mis Mawrth, cyhoeddodd Sefydliad Iechyd y Byd ganllawiau gweithredol dros dro ar gyfer cynnal gwasanaethau iechyd hanfodol yn ystod yr haint. Mae'r canllawiau hynny'n sail i sut yr ydym ni ein hunain yn mynd ati i gynnal gwasanaethau nawr ac wrth ystyried unrhyw newidiadau y byddwn yn eu gwneud yn y dyfodol. Mae Sefydliad Iechyd y Byd yn awgrymu, wrth ddewis blaenoriaethau o'r fath, y dylai ganolbwyntio i ddechrau ar atal clefydau trosglwyddadwy, yn enwedig drwy frechu; gwasanaethau sy'n gysylltiedig â gofal yn ystod beichiogrwydd a genedigaeth, iechyd atgenhedlol a gofalu am bobl sy'n agored i niwed, fel babanod ifanc ac oedolion hŷn; darparu meddyginiaethau a chyflenwadau i reoli clefydau cronig yn barhaus, gan gynnwys cyflyrau iechyd meddwl; a pharhad therapi cleifion mewnol hanfodol a rheoli'r niferoedd hynny sy'n cyrraedd unedau brys ac aciwt y mae angen ymyrraeth heb oedi arnynt; a'r un mor bwysig, gwasanaethau fel delweddu diagnostig, gwasanaethau labordy a gwasanaethau banc gwaed.