English: I, too, would like to thank my colleague, Peter Fox, for giving me a minute of his time and for bringing this important topic to the floor of the Senedd. It's not being overly dramatic when we say that we face a crisis in social care. The Aneurin Bevan health board in my region have said that, this month, they'd had around 400 patients who could have been discharged but were unable to be. Even a report by the Welsh NHS Confederation had most of the NHS leaders saying that the care system had a massive knock-on effect across the healthcare system, with the added pressures driving the increase in urgent care demand. They also agreed that the lack of social care capacity is having an impact on the ability to tackle the effective care backlog - something that, as we know, has been drastically increased due to the COVID lockdowns. It's clear to me that there needs to be far better integration between health and social care, as has been said, with more financial investment going into social care, and there needs to be enhanced partnership working, as you alluded to as well. It's also imperative that we ensure that social care is an attractive career - far more than is currently the case - and that there are enhanced career progression opportunities to improve recruitment and retention, otherwise this will be, sadly, a never-ending cycle. I could go on, if time was allowed, but as we've heard from the contributions so far and from the Member for Monmouth, there have been some really good ideas put forward and I hope that the Minister will listen to them. So, thank you very much.
Welsh: Hoffwn innau hefyd ddiolch i fy nghyd-Aelod, Peter Fox, am roi munud o'i amser i mi ac am ddod â'r pwnc pwysig hwn i lawr y Senedd. Nid ydym yn bod yn or-ddramatig pan ddywedwn ein bod yn wynebu argyfwng mewn gofal cymdeithasol. Mae bwrdd iechyd Aneurin Bevan yn fy rhanbarth i wedi dweud eu bod wedi cael tua 400 o gleifion y mis hwn a allai fod wedi cael eu rhyddhau ond na fu modd gwneud hynny. Roedd hyd yn oed adroddiad gan Gydffederasiwn GIG Cymru yn nodi bod y rhan fwyaf o arweinwyr y GIG yn dweud bod y system ofal wedi cael effaith ganlyniadol enfawr ar draws y system gofal iechyd, gyda'r pwysau ychwanegol yn gyrru'r cynnydd yn y galw am ofal brys. Roeddent hefyd yn cytuno bod diffyg capasiti gofal cymdeithasol yn cael effaith ar y gallu i fynd i'r afael â'r ôl-groniad mewn gofal effeithiol - rhywbeth sydd, fel y gwyddom, wedi cynyddu'n sylweddol oherwydd y cyfyngiadau symud COVID. Mae'n amlwg i mi fod angen integreiddio llawer gwell rhwng iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, fel y dywedwyd, gyda mwy o fuddsoddiad ariannol yn mynd tuag at ofal cymdeithasol, ac mae angen gweithio'n well mewn partneriaeth, fel y gwnaethoch chi nodi hefyd. Mae'n hanfodol hefyd ein bod yn sicrhau bod gofal cymdeithasol yn yrfa ddeniadol - i raddau llawer mwy nag sy'n digwydd ar hyn o bryd - a bod gwell cyfleoedd i gamu ymlaen mewn gyrfa er mwyn gwella recriwtio a chadw staff, neu fel arall bydd yn gylch di-ddiwedd, yn anffodus. Gallwn barhau, pe bai amser yn caniatáu, ond fel y clywsom o'r cyfraniadau hyd yma a chan yr Aelod dros Fynwy, mae yna syniadau da iawn wedi eu cyflwyno a gobeithio y bydd y Gweinidog yn gwrando arnynt. Felly, diolch yn fawr.