English: Diolch. Thank you, Minister. Last month, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine hosted an event here in the Senedd on the future of emergency care in Wales. The event heard from clinicians on the ground who spoke about the need for a long-term sustainable strategy. Data shows that whilst attendance to A&E is similar year on year, capacity continues to be stretched. We know that there are a range of issues causing this, from patients having high complex needs to a reduction in community beds across Wales and the need to increase staffing levels of consultants. At the event, Bridgend was represented by our clinical director of emergency care for the Princess of Wales Hospital, and it was good, actually, to hear that the No. 1 issue, as it is in many other places, is not actually staff recruitment. However, it is the lack of community beds that is creating a slow hospital flow and thus impacting waiting times, because Princess of Wales has about 300 beds, and 160 of those are filled with medically fit patients, and 80 of those are simply waiting for a community or step-down bed. Bridgend is facing an exit block. I appreciate the Welsh Government is working hard to combat these issues across Wales. The 595 community beds for Wales are welcome, but it is disappointing that just 15 of these beds reached Princess of Wales. How, then, Minister, is the access to more community beds determined, and what more can be done to ensure that those 80 patients in Bridgend, waiting in our hospital, can be discharged, improving the flow of patients through Princess of Wales as well as their care? Diolch.
Welsh: Diolch, Gweinidog. Fis diwethaf, cynhaliodd y Coleg Brenhinol Meddygaeth Frys ddigwyddiad yma yn y Senedd ar ddyfodol gofal brys yng Nghymru. Clywodd y digwyddiad gan glinigwyr ar lawr gwlad a siaradodd am yr angen am strategaeth gynaliadwy hirdymor. Mae'r data yn dangos, er bod presenoldeb mewn adrannau damweiniau ac achosion brys yn debyg o flwyddyn i flwyddyn, mae capasiti yn parhau i gael ei ymestyn. Rydyn ni'n gwybod bod amrywiaeth o broblemau yn achosi hyn, o gleifion ag anghenion cymhleth iawn i ostyngiad mewn nifer y gwelyau cymunedol ledled Cymru a'r angen i gynyddu lefelau staffio meddygon ymgynghorol. Yn y digwyddiad, cynrychiolwyd Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr gan ein cyfarwyddwr clinigol gofal brys ar gyfer Ysbyty Tywysoges Cymru, ac roedd yn dda, mewn gwirionedd, clywed nad y brif broblem, fel sy'n wir mewn llawer o fannau eraill, yw recriwtio staff mewn gwirionedd. Fodd bynnag, diffyg gwelyau cymunedol sy'n creu llif araf mewn ysbytai ac felly'n effeithio ar amseroedd aros, oherwydd mae gan Ysbyty Tywysoges Cymru tua 300 o welyau, ac mae 160 o'r rheini wedi'u llenwi â chleifion sy'n feddygol iach, ac mae 80 o'r rheini yn aros am wely cymunedol neu wely gofal llai dwys. Mae Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr yn wynebu rhwystr ymadael. Rwy'n sylweddoli bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn gweithio'n galed i fynd i'r afael â'r problemau hyn ledled Cymru. Mae'r 595 o welyau cymunedol i Gymru i'w croesawu, ond mae'n siomedig mai dim ond 15 o'r gwelyau yma wnaeth gyrraedd Ysbyty Tywysoges Cymru. Sut, felly, Gweinidog, y mae'r mynediad at fwy o welyau cymunedol yn cael ei benderfynu, a beth arall ellir ei wneud i sicrhau y gellir rhyddhau'r 80 o gleifion hynny ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr, sy'n aros yn ein hysbyty, gan wella llif y cleifion drwy Ysbyty Tywysoges Cymru yn ogystal â'u gofal? Diolch.