English: Diolch, Llywydd, and can I, first of all, start by thanking those NHS heroes and heroines across Wales who are working so hard at the moment during this pandemic, and have been caring for patients so well, and indeed have been doing so well in terms of rolling out the coronavirus vaccination programme? It's been a delight to see the NHS in action, with our staff stepping up to the plate and doing what we know they will always do in times of crisis. I have to say that Angela Burns hit the nail on the head when she opened this debate in making it absolutely clear that the problems in the NHS here in Wales that we have at the moment are not a new phenomenon. These are long-rooted problems that have been with us for some time in terms of people waiting far too long for tests and treatment, with waiting-time targets not met for over a decade on almost every measure. And I think it's a bit rich, frankly, of the health Minister to take a pop at the Conservatives for pointing out the fact that it's your failure, as a Government, to get to grips with the recruitment crisis that we've had in our NHS. You've been in charge of it for 20 years, and we still have a shortage of nurses, a shortage of doctors, a shortage of all sorts of other health professionals. You made reference to the UK Government's role. Well, I'll point out the fact to you, Mr Gething, that the UK Government has made billions available for our NHS, with huge spending commitments going forward over the next few years, more than sufficient to be able to address some of the challenges that you have outlined. And I will remind you and Members of this Senedd and the public once again: no Conservative Prime Minister has ever cut a national health service budget. Only the Labour Party, the Labour Government in Wales, has been responsible for cutting an NHS budget in the past. And not only was that supported by Labour Members of the Senedd, but of course it was also supported by their little helpers in Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats at the time when it was imposed. And I would ask people to very carefully consider these facts when they head to the polls in May, because I'm afraid that, unless there is regime change in this nation for the sake of our national health service, it will continue to go backwards. For political reasons, you withdrew the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board from special measures. But, as Janet Finch-Saunders quite rightly pointed out, the public in north Wales will not be hoodwinked. Basically, the same material problems are still prevalent in that health board, as identified in your targeted intervention statement just recently, that were there six years ago. So, there's been very, very little progress, and in fact the only bits of progress that have been made have been because tens of thousands of people marched on the streets in north Wales and signed petitions in order to overturn some of the decisions that were being made by the health board that had an adverse impact, or would have had an adverse impact, on patient care here in north Wales. Now, we're in a very serious situation. We have over 0.5 million people in Wales - that's one in five of the adult population - that are currently on an NHS waiting list. We have to have a plan to put that right. Just weeks ago, Mr Gething, you said it was foolish to set out a recovery plan. 'Foolish' was the word that you used. Well, I'm sorry, it's not foolish to have a strategy in order to claw this situation back, for the sake of people across this country who are living in pain, some of whom are coming to harm, with irreversible damage being done to their health as a result of languishing on these waiting lists. And I would remind you that, in north Wales, even prior to the pandemic, the typical wait for somebody being referred in February of last year for an orthopaedic operation was two years until they were due their treatment. Now, unless you've got a plan to sort that situation out, because it's now approaching three years for many of them, then, I'm sorry, you don't deserve to get any support, frankly, in the forthcoming elections. So, I would encourage Members of this Chamber today to support our motion, to reject, I'm afraid to say, Mark Reckless's amendment, which blames the failures of the Welsh NHS on devolution. They are not the failures of devolution, they are the failures of the Welsh Labour Party in terms of their management of our national health service and their stewardship in recent years, Mark Reckless. I recognise very much the points that Caroline Jones made about recruitment, but we will not be, I'm afraid, supporting your amendment today, because, unfortunately, it deletes some other important parts of our motion. And we will also not be supporting the points made by Rhun ap Iorwerth in terms of the need for a merger of the NHS and social care in Wales. The very last thing that our national health service needs at the moment is another reorganisation, and that's what Plaid Cymru is proposing. That would be a massive distraction in terms of trying to deal with some of these systemic problems. And I'm afraid that in the only part of the UK where we have got these merged boards, which, of course, is in Northern Ireland, the performance in many respects has been even worse than it has been in Wales. So, that's not the answer, and it's certainly not the answer to divert money that should be spent on hospitals and healthcare into sports halls. So, I'm afraid we've set out our stall: we believe that you need to set out a clear recovery plan to clear that backlog, to recruit more health professionals and to transform mental health care here in Wales. I urge people to support our motion.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd, ac a gaf fi, yn gyntaf oll, ddechrau drwy ddiolch i arwyr y GIG ledled Cymru sy'n gweithio mor galed ar hyn o bryd yn ystod y pandemig hwn, ac sydd wedi bod yn gofalu am gleifion mor dda, ac yn wir sydd wedi bod yn gwneud cystal wrth gyflwyno'r rhaglen frechu rhag y coronafeirws? Mae wedi bod yn bleser gweld y GIG ar waith, gyda'n staff yn camu i'r adwy ac yn gwneud yr hyn y gwyddom y byddant bob amser yn ei wneud ar adegau o argyfwng. Rhaid imi ddweud bod Angela Burns wedi taro'r hoelen ar ei phen pan agorodd y ddadl hon drwy ei gwneud yn gwbl glir nad yw'r problemau yn y GIG yma yng Nghymru sydd gennym ar hyn o bryd yn ffenomenon newydd. Mae'r rhain yn broblemau sydd wedi hen wreiddio ac sydd wedi bod gyda ni ers peth amser gyda phobl yn aros yn rhy hir o lawer am brofion a thriniaeth, a thargedau amseroedd aros heb eu cyrraedd ers dros ddegawd ar bron bob mesur. Ac a dweud y gwir, rwy'n credu bod y Gweinidog braidd yn haerllug yn beirniadu'r Ceidwadwyr am dynnu sylw at y ffaith mai chi, fel Llywodraeth, sydd wedi methu mynd i'r afael â'r argyfwng recriwtio a welsom yn ein GIG. Rydych wedi bod yn gyfrifol amdano ers 20 mlynedd, ac mae gennym brinder nyrsys o hyd, prinder meddygon, prinder pob math o weithwyr iechyd proffesiynol eraill. Fe gyfeirioch chi at rôl Llywodraeth y DU. Wel, hoffwn dynnu sylw at y ffaith, Mr Gething, fod Llywodraeth y DU wedi sicrhau bod biliynau ar gael i'n GIG, gydag ymrwymiadau gwario enfawr dros y blynyddoedd nesaf, yn fwy na digon i allu mynd i'r afael â rhai o'r heriau rydych wedi'u hamlinellu. Ac fe wnaf eich atgoffa chi ac Aelodau o'r Senedd hon a'r cyhoedd unwaith eto: nid oes yr un Prif Weinidog Ceidwadol erioed wedi torri cyllideb gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol. Dim ond y Blaid Lafur, y Llywodraeth Lafur yng Nghymru, sydd wedi bod yn gyfrifol am dorri cyllideb y GIG yn y gorffennol. Ac nid Aelodau Llafur y Senedd yn unig a gefnogodd hynny, ond wrth gwrs fe'i cefnogwyd hefyd gan eu cynorthwywyr bach ym Mhlaid Cymru a'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol ar yr adeg y cafodd ei wneud. A hoffwn ofyn i bobl ystyried y ffeithiau hyn yn ofalus iawn pan fyddant yn pleidleisio ym mis Mai, oherwydd mae arnaf ofn, oni bai bod newid i'r drefn yn y wlad hon er budd ein gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol, fe fydd yn parhau i fynd tuag yn ôl. Am resymau gwleidyddol, fe wnaethoch dynnu Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr allan o fesurau arbennig. Ond fel y nododd Janet Finch-Saunders yn gwbl briodol, ni chaiff y cyhoedd yng ngogledd Cymru mo'u twyllo. Yn y bôn, mae'r un problemau o sylwedd yn dal i fodoli yn y bwrdd iechyd hwnnw ag a oedd yno chwe blynedd yn ôl, fel y nodwyd yn eich datganiad ymyrraeth wedi'i dargedu yn ddiweddar. Felly, ychydig iawn o gynnydd a wnaed, ac mewn gwirionedd digwyddodd yr unig gynnydd bach a wnaed oherwydd bod degau o filoedd o bobl wedi gorymdeithio ar y strydoedd yng ngogledd Cymru ac wedi llofnodi deisebau er mwyn gwrthdroi rhai o'r penderfyniadau a wnaed gan y bwrdd iechyd, penderfyniadau a gafodd effaith andwyol, neu a fyddai wedi cael effaith andwyol, ar ofal cleifion yma yng ngogledd Cymru. Nawr, rydym mewn sefyllfa ddifrifol iawn. Mae gennym dros 0.5 miliwn o bobl yng Nghymru - dyna un o bob pump o'r boblogaeth oedolion - ar restr aros y GIG ar hyn o bryd. Rhaid inni gael cynllun i unioni hynny. Ychydig wythnosau'n ôl yn unig, Mr Gething, fe ddywedoch chi ei bod yn ffôl gosod cynllun adfer. 'Ffôl' oedd y gair a ddefnyddioch chi. Wel, mae'n ddrwg gennyf, nid yw'n ffôl cael strategaeth er mwyn adfer y sefyllfa hon i bobl ledled y wlad sy'n byw mewn poen, a rhai ohonynt yn cael eu niweidio, a niwed na ellir ei wrthdroi yn cael ei wneud i'w hiechyd o ganlyniad i aros ar y rhestrau aros hyn. Ac yng ngogledd Cymru, cyn y pandemig hyd yn oed, hoffwn eich atgoffa mai dwy flynedd oedd yr amser aros arferol i rywun a gyfeiriwyd ym mis Chwefror y llynedd am lawdriniaeth orthopedig nes y byddent yn cael eu trin. Nawr, oni bai bod gennych gynllun i unioni'r sefyllfa honno, oherwydd mae bellach yn agosáu at dair blynedd i lawer ohonynt, mae'n ddrwg gennyf, ond a bod yn onest nid ydych yn haeddu cael unrhyw gefnogaeth yn yr etholiadau sydd i ddod. Felly, byddwn yn annog Aelodau'r Siambr hon heddiw i gefnogi ein cynnig ni, ac mae arnaf ofn, i wrthod gwelliant Mark Reckless sy'n beio methiannau GIG Cymru ar ddatganoli. Nid methiannau datganoli ydynt, ond methiannau Plaid Lafur Cymru i reoli ein gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol a'u stiwardiaeth yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf, Mark Reckless. Rwy'n cydnabod yn sicr y pwyntiau a wnaeth Caroline Jones am recriwtio, ond mae arnaf ofn na fyddwn yn cefnogi eich gwelliant heddiw, oherwydd, yn anffodus, mae'n dileu rhannau pwysig eraill o'n cynnig ni. Ac ni fyddwn ychwaith yn cefnogi'r pwyntiau a wnaeth Rhun ap Iorwerth ar yr angen i uno'r GIG a gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru. Y peth olaf un sydd ei angen ar ein gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol ar hyn o bryd yw ad-drefnu eto, a dyna y mae Plaid Cymru yn ei gynnig. Byddai hynny'n tynnu sylw oddi ar geisio ymdrin â rhai o'r problemau systemig hyn. Ac mae arnaf ofn, yn yr unig ran o'r DU lle mae gennym y byrddau cyfunol hyn, sef yng Ngogledd Iwerddon wrth gwrs, mae'r perfformiad ar lawer ystyr wedi bod hyd yn oed yn waeth nag y bu yng Nghymru. Felly, nid dyna'r ateb, ac yn sicr nid yr ateb yw dargyfeirio arian y dylid ei wario ar ysbytai a gofal iechyd i neuaddau chwaraeon. Felly, mae arnaf ofn ein bod wedi gosod ein stondin: credwn fod angen i chi nodi cynllun adfer clir i glirio'r ôl-groniad, recriwtio mwy o weithwyr iechyd proffesiynol a thrawsnewid gofal iechyd meddwl yma yng Nghymru. Rwy'n annog pobl i gefnogi ein cynnig.