English: I'm grateful for the opportunity to set out the facts in relation to the dental contract, because we rehearsed this significantly on the floor of the Senedd at the end of March, when the leader of the opposition told me that not a single practice in the Hywel Dda area was prepared to sign up for the new contract and that there would be a collapse of dental services within a few weeks. In fact, in the Hywel Dda health board, 92 per cent of NHS dentistry is now being provided by practices who have signed up to the new contract. That rises to 96 per cent in north Wales and to 99 per cent in Swansea bay. So, let us lay this to rest this afternoon. The idea that dentists as a whole in Wales were not prepared to sign up to the new contract voluntarily - they had the choice; if they wanted to, they could, if they didn't want to, they didn't have to - they have done so overwhelmingly in every part of Wales, and that is very good news for the Member's constituents, because part of the new contract is that by taking dentists off the treadmill of the old unit of dental activity approach, they will be able to see new patients, new NHS patients, in all parts of Wales. Now, as to the recruitment of new dentists, I have no doubt that when he replies to the people who inundate his inbox, the Member will be explaining that Brexit, the end of free movement, the end of mutual recognition of professional qualifications - . The Members are very keen over there always to quote to me what the profession says. I'm just telling them what the British Dental Association and others have said. In north Wales particularly, where the large corporate bodies had taken over practices, what they have found is that people who they were able to recruit from other parts of the European Union have returned to other parts of the European Union. Now, when they seek to recruit dentists who previously were able to come to them without any barriers at all, they have to go through the sponsorship route, with all its complexities and uncertainties. And part of the difficulties experienced by people in north Wales are directly attributable to the way in which Brexit has made it more difficult to recruit and retain people who, up until the time that they were advised by members of the Conservative Party that everything would be better in their lives, if only they took the risk that they were invited to take, they find that those services have been compromised as a result. The body that funds people for training here in Wales is developing the approach to the workforce, which I myself have always believed was the best one for this profession, and that is diversification. It is not a matter simply of recruiting and training dentists themselves; you need a cadre of dental nurses, of therapists, and the new cadre of dental assistants able to carry out those parts of dental work, and leaving those most highly trained and most professionally qualified parts of the workforce to do the things that only a dentist can do. I had a question last week from Sam Kurtz that I thought very well set out the progress that has been made in GP practices to do exactly that: to diversity the profession and to use the - [ Interruption.] Yes, the very first question that I had last week, I thought he set out the case very well. Now we need to see the same approach adopted by dentists, so that we can make the very best use of their qualifications and ability, and that is by using other people who can be just as successfully part of that wider clinical team, allowing them, therefore, to see more of Sam Rowlands's constituents.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar am y cyfle i nodi'r ffeithiau mewn cysylltiad â'r contract deintyddol, oherwydd gwnaethom ailadrodd hyn yn sylweddol ar lawr y Senedd ddiwedd mis Mawrth, pan ddywedodd arweinydd yr wrthblaid wrthyf nad oedd yr un practis yn ardal Hywel Dda yn barod i gofrestru ar gyfer y contract newydd ac y byddai gwasanaethau deintyddol yn methu o fewn ychydig wythnosau. Yn wir, ym mwrdd iechyd Hywel Dda, mae 92 y cant o ddeintyddiaeth y GIG bellach yn cael ei ddarparu gan bractisau sydd wedi ymrwymo i'r contract newydd. Mae hynny'n codi i 96 y cant yn y gogledd ac i 99 y cant ym mae Abertawe. Felly, gadewch i ni gladdu hwn y prynhawn yma. Y syniad nad oedd deintyddion yn gyffredinol yng Nghymru yn barod i ymrwymo i'r contract newydd yn wirfoddol - yr oedd ganddyn nhw'r dewis; os oedden nhw eisiau gwneud hynny, fe allen nhw, os nad oedden nhw eisiau gneud hynny, nad oedd yn rhaid iddyn nhw - maen nhw wedi gwneud hynny ran amlaf o lawer ym mhob rhan o Gymru, ac mae hynny'n newyddion da iawn i etholwyr yr Aelod, oherwydd rhan o'r contract newydd yw, drwy dynnu deintyddion oddi ar felin draed yr hen uned o weithgaredd deintyddol, byddan nhw'n gallu gweld cleifion newydd, cleifion GIG newydd, ym mhob rhan o Gymru. Nawr, o ran recriwtio deintyddion newydd, nid oes gennyf amheuaeth, pan fydd yn ymateb i'r bobl sy'n llenwi ei fewnflwch, y bydd yr Aelod yn egluro y bydd Brexit, diwedd symud yn rhydd, diwedd cydnabod cymwysterau proffesiynol ar y cyd - . Mae'r Aelodau'n awyddus iawn yn y fan acw bob amser i ddyfynnu i mi beth mae'r proffesiwn yn ei ddweud. Rwyf yn dweud wrthyn nhw beth y mae Cymdeithas Ddeintyddol Prydain ac eraill wedi'i ddweud. Yn y gogledd yn arbennig, lle roedd y cyrff corfforaethol mawr wedi cymryd practisau drosodd, yr hyn y maen nhw wedi'i ganfod yw bod pobl yr oedden nhw'n gallu recriwtio o rannau eraill o'r Undeb Ewropeaidd wedi dychwelyd i rannau eraill o'r Undeb Ewropeaidd. Nawr, pan fyddan nhw'n ceisio recriwtio deintyddion a oedd gynt yn gallu dod atyn nhw heb unrhyw rwystrau o gwbl, mae'n rhaid iddyn nhw fynd drwy'r llwybr noddi, gyda'i holl gymhlethdodau a'i ansicrwydd. Ac mae rhan o'r anawsterau a brofir gan bobl yn y gogledd i'w priodoli'n uniongyrchol i'r ffordd y mae Brexit wedi ei gwneud yn anos recriwtio a chadw pobl sydd, hyd at yr adeg y cawson nhw eu cynghori gan aelodau o'r Blaid Geidwadol, y byddai popeth yn well yn eu bywydau, pe baen nhw dim ond yn cymryd y risg y cawson nhw eu gwahodd i'w chymryd, maen nhw'n canfod bod y gwasanaethau hynny wedi'u peryglu o ganlyniad. Mae'r corff sy'n ariannu pobl ar gyfer hyfforddiant yma yng Nghymru yn datblygu'r dull o ymdrin â'r gweithlu, ac yr wyf i fy hun wedi credu erioed mai hwnnw oedd yr un gorau ar gyfer y proffesiwn hwn, ac arallgyfeirio yw hynny. Nid mater o recriwtio a hyfforddi deintyddion eu hunain yn unig ydyw; mae arnoch angen cnewyllyn o nyrsys deintyddol, therapyddion, a'r cnewyllyn newydd o gynorthwywyr deintyddol sy'n gallu cyflawni'r rhannau hynny o waith deintyddol, a gadael y rhannau hynny o'r gweithlu sydd wedi'u hyfforddi fwyaf ac sydd â'r cymwysterau mwyaf proffesiynol i wneud y pethau na all dim ond deintydd eu gwneud. Cefais gwestiwn yr wythnos diwethaf gan Sam Kurtz yr oeddwn yn credu ei fod yn amlinellu'n dda iawn y cynnydd a wnaed mewn practisau meddygon teulu i wneud hynny'n union: i'r proffesiwn arallgyfeirio ac i ddefnyddio'r - [ Torri ar draws.] Ie, y cwestiwn cyntaf un a gefais yr wythnos diwethaf, roeddwn yn credu ei fod wedi cyflwyno'r achos yn dda iawn. Nawr, mae angen i ni weld yr un dull yn cael ei fabwysiadu gan ddeintyddion, fel y gallwn wneud y defnydd gorau posibl o'u cymwysterau a'u gallu, a gwneir hynny drwy ddefnyddio pobl eraill a all fod yr un mor llwyddiannus yn rhan o'r tîm clinigol ehangach hwnnw, gan ganiatáu iddyn nhw, felly, weld mwy o etholwyr Sam Rowlands.