English: I thank you for your statement. I'm pleased to note that the Welsh Government eventually allocated almost £14 million of emergency funding to support Welsh hospices throughout the pandemic, after I, as chair of the cross-party group on hospices and palliative care, had to repeatedly raise the gap between the money the Welsh Government received from the UK Government in consequence of its funding for hospices throughout the pandemic in England and the amount the Welsh Government initially allocated to support hospices in Wales. Twelve years after I hosted the 2006 Assembly event, highlighting the essential role played by hospices in providing palliative care services in Wales, and calling on the Welsh Government to address the growing funding crisis they were facing, attended by every hospice in Wales, I chaired the cross-party group on hospices and palliative care's inquiry into inequalities in access to hospice and palliative care in Wales, which found that there's significant unmet need and undermet need, that statutory hospice funding has flatlined for a decade and therefore fallen in real terms each year, that statutory funding of children's hospices in Wales was significantly lower than in England and Scotland, and that statutory funding for adult hospices in Wales as a percentage of expenditure was lower than in any other UK nation. Leading the Welsh Conservative opposition debate on hospices and palliative care services in Wales here in 2019, I noted that, while approximately 23,000 people in Wales have a palliative care need at any one time, including over 1,000 children, around 1 in 4, approximately 6,000 people, don't get access to the end-of-life care they need. I called on the Welsh Government to take action to help radically improve access to hospice and palliative care for everyone across Wales. In responses to written questions last year, this health Minister confirmed that, of its £8.4 million end-of-life funding, only some £800,000 was allocated specifically to support specialist palliative care services across Wales, and less than £200,000 of this went directly to children's hospices with none for adult hospices. Yet, for example, we heard at last Thursday's cross-party group on funerals and bereavement, which I chaired, that the joint project between Cardiff and Bristol universities to explore care and bereavement experiences during COVID-19 found that these were far more positive when support was provided by hospices. Given all of the above, I join our hospices in welcoming this long-awaited announcement, and must flag up the enormous work they've put into achieving this, including the Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith children's hospices lifeline fund campaign, noting that they've received less than 10 per cent of their funding from statutory sources in Wales, the lowest level of statutory funding across the UK nations, and calling for the Welsh Government to provide the lifeline that hundreds of children and their families across Wales so desperately need. Given her statement today that the Minister has accepted the recommendations of the end-of-life care board voluntary hospices funding review, and that she'll be making an additional £2.2 million available to Welsh hospices annually, including £888,000 to Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith, will she confirm whether this now closes the hospice funding contribution gap with the other UK nations, both for children's and adult hospices? If not, why not, and what funding gap remains? How will the additional funding be delivered? How will the Minister monitor end-of-life care funding delivered via health boards to establish how much of this reaches hospices and whether this is delivering the best outcomes for patients and their families? Given the Minister's statement that the funding will be available on a recurring basis from 2022-23, can she commit to this funding being recurrent for at least the lifetime of the sixth Senedd? Can she provide further details on what costs she envisages this funding will cover? Will she confirm whether this funding will be made available to our hospices via a single annual payment, allowing them the resources to invest in ensuring they can make the biggest difference to the people and families that use their services? Can she provide some clarity over how the hospices will report against such funding and confirm whether this will be based on reach and need and not be overly onerous? And finally, how will she, her officials and other public service partners continue to work with our adult and children's hospices, without whose sustainability and input it would be impossible to create a compassionate Cymru, a compassionate Wales?
Welsh: Diolch am eich datganiad. Rwy'n falch o nodi bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn y pen draw wedi dyrannu bron i £14 miliwn o gyllid brys i gefnogi hosbisau Cymru drwy gydol y pandemig, ar ôl i mi, yn gadeirydd y grŵp trawsbleidiol ar hosbisau a gofal lliniarol, orfod codi'r bwlch dro ar ôl tro rhwng yr arian y gwnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru ei gael gan Lywodraeth y DU o ganlyniad i'w chyllid ar gyfer hosbisau drwy gydol y pandemig yn Lloegr a'r swm a ddyrannwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru i ddechrau i gefnogi hosbisau yng Nghymru. Ddeuddeg mlynedd ar ôl i mi gynnal digwyddiad y Cynulliad yn 2006, yn tynnu sylw at y rhan hanfodol y mae hosbisau yn ei chwarae wrth ddarparu gwasanaethau gofal lliniarol yng Nghymru, a galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ymdrin â'r argyfwng cyllido cynyddol yr oedden nhw'n ei wynebu, yr oedd pob hosbis yng Nghymru yn bresennol ynddo, cadeiriais i'r grŵp trawsbleidiol ar ymchwiliad hosbisau a gofal lliniarol i anghydraddoldebau o ran cyfle i fanteisio ar hosbisau a gofal lliniarol yng Nghymru, a wnaeth ddarganfod bod angen sylweddol heb ei ddiwallu, bod cyllid hosbis statudol wedi bod yn wastad ers degawd ac felly wedi gostwng mewn termau real bob blwyddyn, bod cyllid statudol ar gyfer hosbisau plant yng Nghymru yn is o lawer nag yn Lloegr a'r Alban, a bod cyllid statudol ar gyfer hosbisau oedolion yng Nghymru fel canran o wariant yn is nag mewn unrhyw wlad arall yn y DU. Wrth arwain dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig ar hosbisau a gwasanaethau gofal lliniarol yng Nghymru yma yn 2019, nodais i, er bod gan tua 23,000 o bobl yng Nghymru angen gofal lliniarol ar unrhyw un adeg, gan gynnwys dros 1,000 o blant, nid yw tua 1 o bob 4, tua 6,000 o bobl, yn cael y cyfle i fanteisio ar y gofal diwedd oes sydd ei angen arnyn nhw. Galwais i ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gymryd camau i helpu i wella'r cyfle i fanteisio ar hosbisau a gofal lliniarol yn sylweddol i bawb ledled Cymru. Mewn ymatebion i gwestiynau ysgrifenedig y llynedd, cadarnhaodd y Gweinidog iechyd mai dim ond tua £800,000 o'i £8.4 miliwn o gyllid diwedd oes a gafodd ei ddyrannu'n benodol i gefnogi gwasanaethau gofal lliniarol arbenigol ledled Cymru, a bod llai na £200,000 o hyn wedi mynd yn uniongyrchol i hosbisau plant heb ddim ar gyfer hosbisau oedolion. Ac eto, er enghraifft, gwnaethom ni glywed yn y grŵp trawsbleidiol ar angladdau a phrofedigaeth ddydd Iau diwethaf, y gwnes i ei gadeirio, fod y prosiect ar y cyd rhwng prifysgolion Caerdydd a Bryste i archwilio profiadau gofal a phrofedigaeth yn ystod COVID-19 wedi darganfod bod y rhain yn llawer mwy cadarnhaol pan ddarparwyd cymorth gan hosbisau. O ystyried yr uchod i gyd, rwy'n ymuno â'n hosbisau i groesawu'r cyhoeddiad hirddisgwyliedig hwn, a rhaid i mi dynnu sylw at y gwaith caled y maen nhw wedi'i wneud i gyflawni hyn, gan gynnwys ymgyrch cronfa achubiaeth hosbisau plant Tŷ Hafan a Thŷ Gobaith, gan nodi eu bod wedi derbyn llai na 10 y cant o'u cyllid o ffynonellau statudol yng Nghymru, y lefel isaf o gyllid statudol ledled gwledydd y DU, a galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ddarparu'r achubiaeth y mae ar gannoedd o blant a'u teuluoedd ledled Cymru ei hangen mor enbyd. O ystyried ei datganiad heddiw bod y Gweinidog wedi derbyn argymhellion adolygiad ariannu hosbisau gwirfoddol y bwrdd gofal diwedd oes, ac y bydd yn sicrhau bod £2.2 miliwn ychwanegol ar gael i hosbisau Cymru bob blwyddyn, gan gynnwys £888,000 i Dŷ Hafan a Thŷ Gobaith, a wnaiff hi gadarnhau a yw hyn nawr yn cau'r bwlch cyfraniadau cyllid hosbis o'i gymharu â chenhedloedd eraill y DU, ar gyfer hosbisau plant ac oedolion? Os na, pam, a pha fwlch ariannu sy'n weddill? Sut y bydd yr arian ychwanegol yn cael ei ddarparu? Sut y bydd y Gweinidog yn monitro cyllid gofal diwedd oes sy'n cael ei ddarparu drwy fyrddau iechyd i ganfod faint o hyn sy'n cyrraedd hosbisau ac a yw hyn yn sicrhau'r canlyniadau gorau i gleifion a'u teuluoedd? O ystyried datganiad y Gweinidog y bydd yr arian ar gael yn rheolaidd o 2022-23, a all hi ymrwymo i'r cyllid hwn fod ar sail reolaidd am o leiaf oes y chweched Senedd? A all hi roi rhagor o fanylion ynghylch pa gostau y mae hi'n rhagweld y bydd y cyllid hwn yn eu talu? A wnaiff hi gadarnhau a fydd yr arian hwn ar gael i'n hosbisau drwy un taliad blynyddol, gan ganiatáu'r adnoddau iddyn nhw fuddsoddi mewn ffyrdd o sicrhau y gallan nhw wneud y gwahaniaeth mwyaf i'r bobl a'r teuluoedd sy'n defnyddio eu gwasanaethau? A wnaiff hi roi rhywfaint o eglurder ynghylch sut y bydd yr hosbisau'n adrodd yn erbyn cyllid o'r fath ac yn cadarnhau a fydd hyn yn seiliedig ar gyrhaeddiad ac angen ac ni fydd yn rhy feichus? Ac yn olaf, sut y bydd hi, ei swyddogion a phartneriaid eraill yn y gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yn parhau i weithio gyda'n hosbisau oedolion a phlant; heb eu cynaliadwyedd a'u mewnbwn, byddai'n amhosibl creu Cymru dosturiol?