English: Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank Members for taking part in this debate today? Can I also add my thanks, really, to the clerking team and the research team at the Senedd, who support us very ably and do so much work behind the scenes? So, thank you very much, diolch yn fawr iawn for your work supporting us as Members. I think Gareth Davies pointed out in his contribution, of course, that people were waiting far too long for treatment and diagnosis well before the pandemic started, so we've got to keep that in mind at all times. I think one of the themes that came across in the contribution today was communication. I think it was Rhun ap Iorwerth and Heledd Fychan who talked about the level of correspondence to their offices, and I have the same, and I'm sure we all do, in terms of people contacting us where that really, of course, shouldn't be happening, should it? We do need to have better communication with patients who are waiting and to support them waiting well. We heard this morning in the stakeholder meeting how, often, inappropriate letters can be sent out and inappropriately worded letters can be sent out. So, I think it's worth looking at our health boards and supporting health boards in terms of their communication - how they word and relay their messages to patients who are waiting. And, of course, those letters being sent in a timely manner as well. I think I relayed in my opening comments how one stakeholder mentioned there were 20 drafts for a letter to go through a process. Like I say, I'm grateful the Minister's looking at and querying that, and I think it's worth querying that process, because that then puts in a delay. You might want to get the letter right, but it puts in a delay in actually getting the letter out to patients. Another theme coming across quite strongly this afternoon was, of course, the workforce and the retention of staff. This isn't just about recruiting staff; it's about the retention of staff. I think it was mentioned by Buffy Williams and Sam Rowlands, and again it's about perhaps those improved working conditions. But, all the time, the issue of capacity kept coming up throughout our work, and again at the stakeholder meeting this morning. And, again, the question really is: is there sufficient capacity to deliver the plan that you want to see? So, stakeholders are saying, 'Yes, I'm efficient' -
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. A gaf fi ddiolch i'r Aelodau am gymryd rhan yn y ddadl hon heddiw? A gaf fi hefyd ychwanegu fy niolch i'r tîm clercio a'r tîm ymchwil yn y Senedd, sy'n ein cefnogi'n fedrus iawn ac yn gwneud cymaint o waith y tu ôl i'r llenni? Felly, diolch yn fawr iawn am eich gwaith yn ein cefnogi fel Aelodau. Credaf fod Gareth Davies wedi tynnu sylw yn ei gyfraniad, wrth gwrs, at y ffaith bod pobl yn aros yn rhy hir o lawer am driniaeth a diagnosis ymhell cyn i'r pandemig ddechrau, felly mae'n rhaid inni gadw hynny mewn cof bob amser. Credaf mai un o'r themâu a ddaeth i'r amlwg yn y cyfraniad heddiw oedd cyfathrebu. Credaf mai Rhun ap Iorwerth a Heledd Fychan a siaradodd am lefel yr ohebiaeth i'w swyddfeydd, ac mae gennyf yr un peth, ac rwy'n siŵr bod gennym i gyd, gyda phobl yn cysylltu â ni lle na ddylai hynny fod yn digwydd mewn gwirionedd. Mae angen inni gael gwell cyfathrebu â chleifion sy'n aros a'u cefnogi i aros yn iach. Clywsom y bore yma yn y cyfarfod rhanddeiliaid sut, yn aml, y caiff llythyrau amhriodol eu hanfon allan a llythyrau wedi'u geirio'n amhriodol. Felly, credaf ei bod yn werth edrych ar ein byrddau iechyd a chefnogi byrddau iechyd gyda'u cyfathrebu - sut y maent yn dweud ac yn trosglwyddo eu negeseuon i gleifion sy'n aros. Ac wrth gwrs, fod y llythyrau hynny'n cael eu hanfon mewn modd amserol hefyd. Credaf imi ddweud yn fy sylwadau agoriadol sut y soniodd un rhanddeiliad fod 20 drafft wedi'u creu cyn i lythyr fynd drwy broses. Fel y dywedais, rwy'n ddiolchgar fod y Gweinidog yn edrych ar hynny ac yn ei gwestiynu, a chredaf ei bod yn werth cwestiynu'r broses honno, oherwydd mae hynny wedyn yn creu oedi. Efallai y byddwch am gael y llythyr yn iawn, ond mae'n creu oedi cyn i gleifion gael y llythyr. Thema arall a ddaeth i'r amlwg yn eithaf clir y prynhawn yma, wrth gwrs, oedd y gweithlu a chadw staff. Nid yw hyn yn ymwneud â recriwtio staff yn unig; mae'n ymwneud â chadw staff. Credaf iddo gael ei grybwyll gan Buffy Williams a Sam Rowlands, ac unwaith eto mae'n ymwneud â'r amodau gwaith gwell hynny efallai. Ond drwy'r amser, roedd mater capasiti yn codi drwy gydol ein gwaith, ac eto yn y cyfarfod rhanddeiliaid y bore yma. Ac unwaith eto, y cwestiwn mewn gwirionedd yw: a oes digon o gapasiti i gyflawni'r cynllun yr ydych am ei weld? Felly, mae rhanddeiliaid yn dweud, 'Ydw, rwy'n effeithlon' -