English: I'd like to thank Janet Finch-Saunders for bringing this very important debate forward, because we need to demonstrate that we value the staff in our care home sector. Too often, the care home sector is seen in a pejorative way, as not quite up there with nurses or the other medical professions, and yet they are absolutely vital to the continuation and the cohesion of our society, and in looking after so many vulnerable people. So, Minister, I just have a couple of really quick questions I hope that you might be able to address this evening. Would you consider, or are you considering, a national campaign to attract people to a career in the care home sector? Would you be looking at the development of continuous professional development, how could we engage and develop staff and actually give staff within a care home setting a career progression? And flexible working, of course, is extremely important for an awful lot of care home staff. What could we do to promote flexible working and to encourage care home owners to be much more elastic in their thinking about how they might be able to bring people on into working for them? And, of course, finally, I wouldn't be able to end my contribution without mentioning the nursing element of care homes. It's incredibly important, but we need to improve the nursing provision in care homes because there's a significant shortage of nurses available for the care home sector. One of the ways would be that there needs to be a real harmonisation of social care terms and conditions with the 'Agenda for Change', and I wondered if you might just be able to touch upon that. And I also would like to have your views on whether or not you think that having more nursing student clinical placements in the care home sector during their degree training might also be of benefit, not just, in fact, for care homes, but for the whole orthogeriatric/geriatric training needs that come along, because we need more nurses in the older people sector. Thank you.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i Janet Finch-Saunders am gyflwyno'r ddadl bwysig hon, oherwydd mae angen inni ddangos ein bod yn gwerthfawrogi'r staff yn ein sector cartrefi gofal. Yn rhy aml, caiff y sector cartrefi gofal ei weld mewn ffordd ddifrïol, heb fod cystal â nyrsys a'r proffesiynau meddygol eraill, ac eto maent yn gwbl hanfodol i barhad a chydlyniant ein cymdeithas, ac i ofalu am gynifer o bobl sy'n agored i niwed. Felly, Weinidog, mae gennyf ychydig o gwestiynau cyflym iawn y gobeithiaf y gallwch eu hateb heno. A fyddech yn ystyried, neu a ydych yn ystyried, ymgyrch genedlaethol i ddenu pobl i yrfa yn y sector cartrefi gofal? A fyddech yn ystyried datblygu datblygiad proffesiynol parhaus, sut y gallem gynnwys a datblygu staff a galluogi staff cartrefi gofal i gamu ymlaen yn eu gyrfa? Ac mae gweithio hyblyg, wrth gwrs, yn eithriadol o bwysig i lawer iawn o staff cartrefi gofal. Beth y gallem ei wneud i hyrwyddo gweithio hyblyg ac i annog perchnogion cartrefi gofal i fod yn llawer mwy hyblyg eu syniadau ynglŷn â sut y gallent ddenu pobl i weithio iddynt? Ac wrth gwrs, yn olaf, ni fyddwn yn gallu gorffen fy nghyfraniad heb sôn am elfen nyrsio cartrefi gofal. Mae'n hynod o bwysig, ond mae angen i ni wella'r ddarpariaeth nyrsio mewn cartrefi gofal oherwydd bod prinder sylweddol o nyrsys ar gyfer y sector cartrefi gofal. Un o'r ffyrdd fyddai fod angen mynd ati o ddifrif i sicrhau bod telerau ac amodau gofal cymdeithasol yn cyd-fynd â'r 'Agenda ar gyfer Newid', ac roeddwn yn meddwl tybed a fyddai modd i chi gyffwrdd â hynny efallai. A hoffwn wybod hefyd a ydych chi'n credu y gallai cael mwy o leoliadau clinigol i fyfyrwyr nyrsio yn y sector cartrefi gofal yn ystod eu hyfforddiant gradd fod yn fuddiol, nid yn unig ar gyfer cartrefi gofal, ond ar gyfer yr holl anghenion hyfforddi orthogeriatrig/geriatrig, oherwydd mae arnom angen mwy o nyrsys yn y sector pobl hŷn. Diolch.