English: I just want to put on record that our ambulance crews and NHS workers are doing a fantastic job in the extremely difficult circumstances facing the NHS, and I want to thank every single one of them for the amazing work that they do. Last week, I raised the issue of poor ambulance response times in this Chamber. I was joined by a number of my Conservative colleagues and others, who are also facing a similar situation across their constituencies. I have personally received large volumes of correspondence from constituents and our NHS staff who are extremely concerned about the current situation. There is clearly an issue here that is not getting addressed. Yet when I asked the Welsh Government to tackle this issue last week, their heads seemed to be buried in the sand. This seems to be an issue not just affecting Wales, but other parts of the United Kingdom. The Scottish Government have had to call in the army to support their NHS with the unprecedented pressure that they are under. I am pleased that the Welsh Government has acknowledged a request from the Welsh ambulance service and will now send the request on to the Ministry of Defence for assistance from the army. I speak to paramedics in Brecon and Radnorshire and across Wales, and they have informed me that it's not due to a lack of ambulances that there is a problem, but any additional help is welcomed; it is the fact that they can't get patients from the ambulances into A&E and onto the wards, due to the lack of beds and problems in our social care sector. Someone somewhere in Government has got to take responsibility for this, because at the moment all everybody across Government seems to be saying is that throwing more money at the problem is the only way to solve the situation. But we have seen significant increases in the NHS budget since the pandemic began, and things aren't getting any better. Can I ask the Minister to tell me, after the Welsh Government has received £8.6 billion to combat COVID-19, £2.9 billion announced in the 2021 budget making its way to to Wales and £1.9 billion over three years, a Barnett consequential from the English NHS, where has this money been spent to improve bed capacity and access to A&E treatments? Minister, are you going to take responsibility for this? Are you going to accept the fact that this needs to be addressed? The Welsh Government must now step up to the task and deal with this unacceptable situation. Lives are at risk, and people waiting for 12 hours plus is just not acceptable. We would not let animals suffer like this, so why are we letting the people of Wales suffer? With power comes great responsibility, and we must all play our part to support those working in our NHS and the Welsh ambulance service. We now face a winter of NHS pressures, and you have been found wanting. No plan, no strategy to address those pending problems. However, it is not too late. Take this opportunity to reassure this Senedd and the Welsh public that you accept the circumstances our ambulance service and NHS are facing, and set out plans to improve the services that our public are entitled to receive. Let us explore opening up the Nightingale field hospitals to free up space in our current hospitals. Will you look to reopen currently closed wards so that people can go back into their community hospitals? Let's have a comprehensive plan for recruiting more social care staff, paying them a proper wage and doing more to support our front-line NHS staff. The time for excuses is over. The time for blaming others is over. The time for action is now. For years you have campaigned for greater powers, you now have those powers; it's time for you to use them wisely and in the interests of the people of Wales. Minister, over to you, the public are watching. Diolch.
Welsh: Hoffwn gofnodi bod ein criwiau ambiwlans a gweithwyr y GIG yn gwneud gwaith gwych yn yr amgylchiadau eithriadol o anodd sy'n wynebu'r GIG, ac rwyf eisiau diolch i bob un ohonynt am y gwaith anhygoel a wnânt. Yr wythnos diwethaf, codais fater amseroedd ymateb ambiwlansys gwael yn y Siambr hon. Ymunodd nifer o'm cyd-Aelodau Ceidwadol ac eraill â mi, Aelodau sy'n wynebu sefyllfa debyg ar draws eu hetholaethau. Rwyf wedi derbyn llawer iawn o ohebiaeth yn bersonol gan etholwyr a'n staff GIG sy'n pryderu'n fawr am y sefyllfa bresennol. Mae'n amlwg fod problem yma nad yw'n cael sylw. Ac eto, pan ofynnais i Lywodraeth Cymru fynd i'r afael â'r mater hwn yr wythnos diwethaf, roedd yn ymddangos fel pe baent yn claddu eu pennau yn y tywod. Mae'n ymddangos nad ar Gymru'n unig y mae'r mater hwn yn effeithio, mae'n effeithio ar rannau eraill o'r Deyrnas Unedig. Mae Llywodraeth yr Alban wedi gorfod galw ar y fyddin i gefnogi eu GIG gyda'r pwysau digynsail sydd arnynt. Rwy'n falch fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cydnabod cais gan wasanaeth ambiwlans Cymru ac y bydd yn awr yn anfon y cais am gymorth gan y fyddin at y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn. Rwy'n siarad â pharafeddygon ym Mrycheiniog a Sir Faesyfed a ledled Cymru, ac maent wedi dweud wrthyf nad diffyg ambiwlansys sy'n achosi'r broblem, er y croesewir unrhyw gymorth ychwanegol; yr hyn sy'n achosi'r broblem yw na allant gael cleifion o'r ambiwlansys i mewn i adrannau damweiniau ac achosion brys ac ar y wardiau oherwydd prinder gwelyau a phroblemau yn ein sector gofal cymdeithasol. Mae'n rhaid i rywun yn rhywle yn y Llywodraeth gymryd cyfrifoldeb am hyn, oherwydd ar hyn o bryd mae'n ymddangos mai'r hyn y mae pawb ar draws y Llywodraeth yn ei ddweud yw mai taflu mwy o arian at y broblem yw'r unig ffordd o ddatrys y sefyllfa. Ond rydym wedi gweld cynnydd sylweddol yng nghyllideb y GIG ers dechrau'r pandemig, ac nid yw pethau'n gwella. A gaf fi ofyn i'r Gweinidog ddweud wrthyf, ar ôl i Lywodraeth Cymru dderbyn £8.6 biliwn i ymladd COVID-19, £2.9 biliwn a gyhoeddwyd i Gymru yng nghyllideb 2021 a £1.9 biliwn dros dair blynedd, swm canlyniadol Barnett gan GIG Lloegr, lle mae'r arian hwn wedi'i wario i wella capasiti gwelyau a mynediad at driniaethau damweiniau ac achosion brys? Weinidog, a wnewch chi gymryd cyfrifoldeb am hyn? A ydych chi'n derbyn y ffaith bod angen mynd i'r afael â hyn? Mae'n rhaid i Lywodraeth Cymru gamu i'r adwy yn awr ac ymdrin â'r sefyllfa annerbyniol hon. Mae bywydau mewn perygl, ac nid yw'n dderbyniol fod pobl yn aros am 12 awr a mwy. Ni fyddem yn gadael i anifeiliaid ddioddef fel hyn, felly pam ein bod yn gadael i bobl Cymru ddioddef? Gyda phŵer, daw cyfrifoldeb mawr, ac mae'n rhaid i bob un ohonom chwarae ein rhan i gefnogi'r rhai sy'n gweithio yn ein GIG a gwasanaeth ambiwlans Cymru. Rydym yn awr yn wynebu gaeaf o bwysau ar y GIG, ac nid ydych yn barod. Dim cynllun, dim strategaeth i fynd i'r afael â'r problemau sydd ar y ffordd. Fodd bynnag, nid yw'n rhy hwyr. Manteisiwch ar y cyfle hwn i dawelu meddwl y Senedd hon a'r cyhoedd yng Nghymru eich bod yn derbyn yr amgylchiadau y mae ein gwasanaeth ambiwlans a'r GIG yn eu hwynebu, a nodwch gynlluniau i wella'r gwasanaethau y mae gan ein cyhoedd hawl i'w derbyn. Gadewch inni archwilio'r posibilrwydd o agor ysbytai maes Nightingale i ryddhau lle yn ein hysbytai presennol. A wnewch chi edrych ar ailagor wardiau sydd ar gau ar hyn o bryd fel y gall pobl fynd yn ôl i'w hysbytai cymunedol? Gadewch i ni gael cynllun cynhwysfawr ar gyfer recriwtio mwy o staff gofal cymdeithasol, talu cyflog priodol iddynt a gwneud mwy i gefnogi ein staff rheng flaen yn y GIG. Dim mwy o esgusodion. Dim mwy o feio eraill. Rhaid gweithredu yn awr. Ers blynyddoedd rydych wedi ymgyrchu dros fwy o bwerau, mae gennych y pwerau hynny yn awr; mae'n bryd i chi eu defnyddio'n ddoeth ac er budd pobl Cymru. Weinidog, mae'r awenau yn eich dwylo chi, mae'r cyhoedd yn gwylio. Diolch.