English: Thank you. Well, I'd like to start by thanking the Llywydd for addressing a serious affront to the Welsh Parliament: the health Minister choosing to make such an important statement outside this Chamber. Now, having considered the written statement, I welcome the fact that he has extended the weekly testing regime for a further four weeks, but I am alarmed that he may reduce care home testing from 10 August. I would like to remind the Minister that Care Inspectorate Wales have been notified of 3,382 adult care home resident deaths since 1 March. That's 74 per cent higher than deaths reported for the same time period last year. Seven hundred and thirty four care home residents have died with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, and the Older People's Commissioner for Wales has rightly described the situation in our care homes as a tragedy. More should and could have been done sooner to support residents and the staff, who do so much to care for them. We, here in Wales, had to wait until 15 June for weekly care home testing of staff to commence, almost three months from the start of lockdown. Why? Why did the Welsh Government choose to state that the testing policy was under review instead of extending testing for staff immediately? Surely an extension was reasonable and obvious at a time when there continues to be a high number of adult care home residents dying of all causes - 112 between 4 and 10 July. Moreover, it was and is perfectly feasible to extend weekly testing immediately and to maintain this beyond 10 August, when considering that testing in Wales is only still at around 20 per cent capacity. Bearing that in mind, do you agree with me that weekly testing should be extended to care home residents and other front-line social care staff like domiciliary care workers? You know I have raised this with you, Minister. You know that you shared your concerns with me -
Welsh: Diolch. Wel, hoffwn i ddechrau drwy ddiolch i'r Llywydd am fynd i'r afael â sarhad difrifol ar Senedd Cymru: y Gweinidog iechyd yn dewis gwneud datganiad mor bwysig y tu allan i'r Siambr hon. Nawr, ar ôl ystyried y datganiad ysgrifenedig, rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith ei fod wedi ymestyn y drefn brofi wythnosol am bedair wythnos arall, ond rwy'n dychryn o glywed y bydd lleihad o bosib yn y profion ar gyfer cartrefi gofal o 10 Awst ymlaen. Hoffwn atgoffa'r Gweinidog bod Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru wedi cael gwybod am 3,382 o farwolaethau pobl oedd yn preswylio mewn cartrefi gofal i oedolion ers 1 Mawrth. Mae hynny 74 y cant yn uwch na'r marwolaethau a gofnodwyd am yr un cyfnod y llynedd. Mae 734 o breswylwyr cartrefi gofal wedi marw oherwydd amheuaeth neu gadarnhad o COVID-19, ac mae Comisiynydd Pobl Hŷn Cymru wedi disgrifio'r sefyllfa yn ein cartrefi gofal fel trasiedi. Dylid a gellid fod wedi gwneud mwy yn gynt i gefnogi preswylwyr a'r staff, sy'n gwneud cymaint i ofalu amdanynt. Bu'n rhaid i ni, yma yng Nghymru, aros tan 15 Mehefin i ddechrau profi staff cartrefi gofal yn wythnosol, bron i dri mis ar ôl dechrau'r cyfyngiadau symud. Pam? Pam y gwnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru ddewis datgan bod y polisi profi yn cael ei adolygu yn hytrach nag ymestyn profi ar gyfer staff ar unwaith? Siawns nad oedd estyniad yn rhesymol ac yn amlwg ar adeg pan fo nifer fawr o breswylwyr cartrefi gofal i oedolion yn dal i farw o bob achos - 112 rhwng 4 a 10 Gorffennaf. At hynny, roedd yn bosib ac mae'n gwbl ymarferol ymestyn y profion wythnosol ar unwaith a chynnal hyn y tu hwnt i 10 Awst, o ystyried bod profion yng Nghymru yn dal i fod oddeutu 20 y cant o gapasiti yn unig. O gofio hynny, a ydych yn cytuno â mi y dylid ymestyn profi wythnosol i gynnwys preswylwyr cartrefi gofal a staff gofal cymdeithasol rheng flaen eraill fel gweithwyr gofal cartref? Fe wyddoch fy mod wedi codi hyn gyda chi, Gweinidog. Fe wyddoch ichi rannu'ch pryderon â mi -