English: Thank you, Minister, for your statement and update today. That's appreciated. I was pleased to see this agenda item added today. I was, though, expecting a statement today detailing your health and social care winter plan, but that's not it today. What I would ask today, Minister, is when are we going to get that plan, given the fact that, last year, the plan was significantly late. In fact, we were already substantially into the winter. Also, I suppose, as well, just to ask for clarity on who is delivering that plan. I think, last year, it was the regional partnership boards who prepared the winter plans. In previous years, it was health boards. So, can I just ask for that confirmation that it is the regional partnership boards that will be delivering that plan that you will be publishing? Also on that, it would also be useful to understand how the NHS Wales delivery unit is included in the plans as well. Now, we know, or we expect, routine procedures to be highly likely to be put on hold in certain parts of the winter. That might be unfair and I'd appreciate your view on that. That would be my assessment. To help reduce the backlog in England, the English NHS is proposing to use technology to combat lengthy waiting lists, including an option on the NHS app to find hospitals who have capacity for specific treatments. Now, of course, we're still using fax machines and we're still waiting for e-prescriptions to be fully rolled out, and we have no live NHS app. So, can you tell me, Minister, how you're using technology to alleviate winter pressures, leading to helping to reduce the need to cancel routine procedures? A few questions around the workforce, Minister, which you've mentioned in your statement today. There is, of course, a threat of strikes by nurses - that's going to ballot shortly. I'm aware that 6.2 per cent of staff in the NHS are currently off though illness. That's usually 5 per cent, in pre-COVID times, so keep that in mind. There are five health boards in Wales who have spent nearly £200 million on agency staff in just one financial year. So, a number of workforce issues in that regard. What are your plans to increase capacity in the NHS workforce so that health provision is, of course, delivered as it should be over the winter period? I would also raise, Minister, alongside this, that the Welsh NHS Confederation has expressed concern about the capacity needed to deliver the Welsh Government's vaccine strategy for this winter, which includes the rolling out, of course, of both the flu and COVID vaccinations across a wide range of groups. So, in your assessment, is there capacity to deliver the vaccination strategy, and what challenges, Minister, do you foresee, given also the other workforce challenges that I've also outlined? We also know that, of course, many people sadly died from COVID after actually going into hospital with another illness. And we know that that happened to a greater extent in Wales than in other parts of the UK. So, you've outlined some statements today in your contribution, but can I ask what lessons have been learned in terms of what will be done differently to ensure that hospital-acquired infections are kept to a minimum? They can't be entirely eliminated, but what is being done to keep that to a minimum? And finally, Minister, we saw restrictions on people's lives introduced last Christmas due to the omicron variant. I wonder what lessons were learned from the Welsh Government's reaction to that new variant last year. What would you do differently this winter in a similar position? And effectively, what are your trigger points for introducing any restrictions this winter?
Welsh: Diolch i chi, Gweinidog, am eich datganiad a'ch diweddariad heddiw. Mae hynny'n cael ei werthfawrogi. Roeddwn yn falch o weld yr eitem agenda hon yn cael ei hychwanegu heddiw. Er hynny, roeddwn i'n disgwyl datganiad heddiw yn manylu ar eich cynllun iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol dros y gaeaf, ond nid dyna yw hwn heddiw. Yr hyn y byddwn i'n ei ofyn heddiw, Gweinidog, yw pryd ydyn ni'n mynd i gael y cynllun hwnnw, o ystyried y ffaith bod y cynllun, y llynedd, wedi bod yn hwyr iawn. Yn wir, roeddem ni eisoes ymhell i mewn i'r gaeaf. Hefyd, mae'n debyg, dim ond gofyn am eglurder ynglŷn â phwy sy'n darparu'r cynllun hwnnw. Rwy'n credu, y llynedd, mai'r byrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol wnaeth baratoi cynlluniau'r gaeaf. Mewn blynyddoedd blaenorol, byrddau iechyd wnaeth hynny. Felly, a gaf i ofyn am y cadarnhad hwnnw mai'r byrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol fydd yn darparu'r cynllun hwnnw y byddwch yn ei gyhoeddi? Hefyd ar hynny, byddai'n ddefnyddiol deall sut mae uned gyflawni GIG Cymru yn cael ei chynnwys yn y cynlluniau hefyd. Nawr, rydyn ni'n gwybod, neu rydyn ni'n disgwyl, bod triniaethau arferol yn debygol iawn o gael eu gohirio mewn ar adegau penodol o'r gaeaf. Efallai bod hynny'n annheg a byddwn i'n gwerthfawrogi eich barn am hynny. Dyna fyddai fy asesiad i. Er mwyn helpu i leihau'r ôl-groniad yn Lloegr, mae GIG Lloegr yn cynnig defnyddio technoleg i fynd i'r afael â rhestrau aros hir, gan gynnwys opsiwn ar ap y GIG i ddod o hyd i ysbytai sydd â chapasiti ar gyfer triniaethau penodol. Nawr, wrth gwrs, rydyn ni'n dal i ddefnyddio peiriannau ffacs ac rydyn ni'n dal i aros i e-bresgripsiynau gael eu cyflwyno'n llawn, a does gennym ni ddim ap GIG byw. Felly, allwch chi ddweud wrtha i, Gweinidog, sut rydych chi'n defnyddio technoleg i leddfu pwysau'r gaeaf, gan arwain at helpu i leihau'r angen i ganslo triniaethau arferol? Ychydig o gwestiynau am y gweithlu, Gweinidog, yr ydych chi wedi sôn amdanynt yn eich datganiad heddiw. Wrth gwrs, mae yna fygythiad o streiciau gan nyrsys - mae hynny'n mynd i'r bleidlais yn fuan. Rwy'n ymwybodol bod 6.2 y cant o staff yn y GIG i ffwrdd ar hyn o bryd yn sgil salwch. Mae hynny fel arfer yn 5 y cant, yn y cyfnod cyn COVID, felly cadwch hynny mewn cof. Mae pum bwrdd iechyd yng Nghymru sydd wedi gwario bron i £200 miliwn ar staff asiantaeth mewn un flwyddyn ariannol yn unig. Felly, mae nifer o faterion yn ymwneud â'r gweithlu yn hynny o beth. Beth yw eich cynlluniau i gynyddu capasiti yng ngweithlu'r GIG fel bod darpariaeth iechyd, wrth gwrs, yn cael ei darparu fel y dylai fod dros gyfnod y gaeaf? Byddwn hefyd yn codi, Gweinidog, ochr yn ochr â hyn, fod Conffederasiwn GIG Cymru wedi mynegi pryder am y capasiti sydd ei angen i gyflawni strategaeth frechu Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer y gaeaf hwn, sy'n cynnwys rhoi, wrth gwrs, y brechiadau ffliw a COVID ar draws ystod eang o grwpiau. Felly, yn eich asesiad, a oes capasiti i gyflawni'r strategaeth frechu, a pha heriau, Gweinidog, ydych chi'n eu rhagweld, o ystyried hefyd yr heriau eraill yn y gweithlu yr wyf hefyd wedi'u hamlinellu? Rydym hefyd yn gwybod, wrth gwrs, fod llawer o bobl wedi marw o COVID, yn drist, ar ôl mynd i'r ysbyty gyda salwch arall, mewn gwirionedd. Ac rydyn ni'n gwybod bod hynny wedi digwydd i raddau mwy yng Nghymru na mewn rhannau eraill o'r DU. Felly, rydych chi wedi amlinellu rhai datganiadau heddiw yn eich cyfraniad, ond a gaf i ofyn pa wersi sydd wedi'u dysgu o ran beth fydd yn cael ei wneud yn wahanol i sicrhau bod heintiau sy'n cael eu caffael mewn ysbytai yn cael eu cadw cyn lleied â phosib? Does dim modd eu dileu'n llwyr, ond beth sy'n cael ei wneud i gadw hynny mor isel â phosib? Ac yn olaf, Gweinidog, gwelsom gyfyngiadau ar fywydau pobl yn cael eu cyflwyno y Nadolig diwethaf yn sgil yr amrywiolyn omicron. Tybed pa wersi a ddysgwyd o ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru i'r amrywiolyn newydd hwnnw y llynedd. Beth fyddech chi'n ei wneud yn wahanol y gaeaf hwn mewn sefyllfa debyg? A beth, i bob pwrpas, yw eich sbardunau ar gyfer cyflwyno unrhyw gyfyngiadau dros y gaeaf?