English: Well I think we've been very clear and consistent about the concern we had for the harm that is caused as a result of non-COVID conditions. That's both the harm that could have been caused if our health and social care system was overwhelmed - and it wasn't; it was under significant pressure in different parts of Wales, but it wasn't overwhelmed - and also the harm caused by non-COVID conditions because people are not undertaking treatment, either because they're opting out of treatment because of the concerns they have, and we definitely saw that, or indeed because it isn't possible because of the system being overwhelmed. You'll have heard me say on a number of occasions over the past months the concerns we had about the fall in emergency admissions. That's partly because some people didn't really need and don't need - and we discuss this every year - to go into an emergency department, there are other routes for their care, but the much bigger concern was that there are people who really do need emergency care who weren't coming into our health service. And that's not just cancer; stroke, we know that there was a significant fall in people attending the national health service with stroke conditions. Now, I don't believe and there's no evidence to support the view that that meant that, suddenly, there was a significant reduction in the incidence of stroke across Wales. It's about how people were behaving, and their concerns. We have definitely learnt from the first six months. And so we now have streaming in terms of COVID-light or COVID-green zones, and COVID-red, COVID-positive or COVID-possible zones. That's important to give people confidence, and the way that we manage patients who are coming into our health service through either one of those routes, primarily for hospitals, but also we've had to change the way that primary care has worked. So the ability to consult and to see people virtually, to speak to people on the phone, there's been a significant increase, and that should give people more confidence. But the message from me, and from our whole national healthcare system, is we're open for business, we've learnt from the first six months, and if you have a serious healthcare condition, you should continue to come forward, you should continue to seek advice, support and treatment, whether via primary care or indeed hospital care, because the NHS has certainly not closed up and we look forward to people returning in larger numbers. The case for reform in our healthcare system will be remade about the need to change the way that we work, but that does mean people need to present at the earliest opportunity to allow us to intervene in the least invasive way possible.
Welsh: Wel, rwy'n credu ein bod wedi bod yn glir ac yn gyson iawn ynglŷn â'r pryder a oedd gennym am y niwed a achosir o ganlyniad i gyflyrau nad ydynt yn rhai COVID. Mae hynny'n cynnwys y niwed y gellid bod wedi'i achosi pe bai ein system iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yn cael ei llethu - ac ni chafodd ei llethu; roedd o dan bwysau sylweddol mewn gwahanol rannau o Gymru, ond ni chafodd ei llethu - a hefyd y niwed a achosir gan gyflyrau nad ydynt yn rhai COVID am nad yw pobl yn cael triniaeth, naill ai am eu bod yn optio allan o driniaeth oherwydd y pryderon sydd ganddynt, a gwelsom hynny yn sicr, neu'n wir am nad yw'n bosibl oherwydd bod y system yn cael ei llethu. Fe fyddwch wedi fy nghlywed yn dweud droeon dros y misoedd diwethaf am y pryderon a oedd gennym ynglŷn â gostyngiad yn nifer y derbyniadau brys. Mae hynny'n rhannol oherwydd nad oedd ac nad oes gwir angen i rai pobl - ac rydym yn trafod hyn bob blwyddyn - fynd i adran achosion brys, ceir llwybrau eraill ar gyfer eu gofal, ond y pryder llawer mwy oedd bod pobl sydd angen gofal brys yn peidio â throi at y gwasanaeth iechyd. Ac nid canser yn unig yw hynny; strôc, gwyddom fod gostyngiad sylweddol yn nifer y bobl sy'n troi at y gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol oherwydd cyflyrau strôc. Nawr, nid wyf yn credu bod hynny'n golygu'n sydyn fod gostyngiad sylweddol yn nifer yr achosion o strôc ar draws Cymru, ac nid oes tystiolaeth i gefnogi hynny. Mae'n ymwneud â sut roedd pobl yn ymddwyn, a'u pryderon. Rydym yn bendant wedi dysgu o'r chwe mis cyntaf. Ac felly mae gennym ffrydio yn awr i barthau lle na cheir achosion o COVID neu barthau COVID gwyrdd, a pharthau COVID coch lle cafwyd achosion positif neu achosion posibl o COVID. Mae hynny'n bwysig er mwyn rhoi hyder i bobl, a'r ffordd rydym yn rheoli cleifion sy'n dod i mewn i'n gwasanaeth iechyd drwy un o'r llwybrau hynny, yn bennaf ar gyfer ysbytai, ond rydym wedi gorfod newid y ffordd y mae gofal sylfaenol wedi gweithio hefyd. Felly, bu cynnydd sylweddol yn y gallu i gynnal ymgyngoriadau rhithwir â phobl, i siarad â phobl dros y ffôn, a dylai hynny roi mwy o hyder i bobl. Ond y neges gennyf fi, a'n system gofal iechyd gwladol yn ei chyfanrwydd, yw ein bod ar agor, rydym wedi dysgu o'r chwe mis cyntaf, ac os oes gennych gyflwr gofal iechyd difrifol, dylech ddal i ddod i ofyn am gyngor, cymorth a thriniaeth, boed drwy ofal sylfaenol neu ofal ysbyty yn wir, oherwydd yn sicr nid yw'r GIG wedi cau ac edrychwn ymlaen at weld pobl yn dychwelyd mewn niferoedd mwy. Caiff yr achos dros ddiwygio ein system gofal iechyd ei ail-wneud ynghylch yr angen i newid y ffordd y gweithiwn, ond mae hynny'n golygu bod angen i bobl ofyn am gymorth cyn gynted â phosibl i ganiatáu inni allu rhoi'r driniaeth leiaf ymyrrol sy'n bosibl.