English: First Minister, there is a serious issue here for patients trying to get access to their GPs. Mair Hopkin from the Royal College of General Practitioners has said that the crisis in GP surgeries actually predated COVID, with a lot of patients finding it difficult to get an appointment before the pandemic, and having to wait several weeks for an appointment. We've heard from Dr Phil White, chairman of the BMA's Welsh GP committee - he's said that problems were developing before COVID, with more GPs being lost to early retirement. And doctors themselves have highlighted the impact that this has on the whole system - doctors like Dr Oelmann, a GP at Clark Avenue surgery in Cwmbran, who has made it clear that it's not just GPs, it's right through the system. There are backlogs in secondary care, the ambulance service, social care. He's right to say that everything is interlinked, and that none of it can be viewed in isolation. It goes around in a circle and becomes more and more difficult for staff, and indeed for patients. Therefore, First Minister, do you accept the view of the Royal College of GPs that the crisis in GP surgeries predates COVID? And, given the impact the pandemic has had, what urgent steps will your Government take to specifically address the development of primary care in this parliamentary term? Given that one of your Government aims set out in the 'A Healthier Wales' review was to improve the experience and quality of care for individuals and families, how will you achieve this if the number of GPs continues to decline, and our population continues to grow?
Welsh: Prif Weinidog, mae problem ddifrifol yma i gleifion sy'n ceisio cael gafael ar eu meddygon teulu. Mae Mair Hopkin o Goleg Brenhinol yr Ymarferwyr Cyffredinol wedi dweud bod yr argyfwng mewn meddygfeydd teulu wedi rhagflaenu COVID mewn gwirionedd, gyda llawer o gleifion yn ei chael hi'n anodd cael apwyntiad cyn y pandemig, ac yn gorfod aros sawl wythnos am apwyntiad. Rydym ni wedi clywed gan Dr Phil White, cadeirydd pwyllgor ymarferwyr cyffredinol Cymdeithas Feddygol Prydain - mae wedi dweud y bu problemau yn datblygu cyn COVID, yn sgil colli mwy o feddygon teulu i ymddeoliad cynnar. Ac mae meddygon eu hunain wedi tynnu sylw at yr effaith y mae hyn yn ei chael ar y system gyfan - meddygon fel Dr Oelmann, meddyg teulu ym meddygfa Clark Avenue yng Nghwmbrân, sydd wedi ei gwneud yn eglur nad mater o feddygon teulu yn unig ydyw, ei fod drwy'r system gyfan. Mae ôl-groniadau ym maes gofal eilaidd, y gwasanaeth ambiwlans, gofal cymdeithasol. Mae'n iawn wrth ddweud bod popeth wedi ei gysylltu, ac na ellir ystyried dim ohono ar ei ben ei hun. Mae'n mynd o gwmpas mewn cylch ac yn mynd yn fwy ac yn fwy anodd i staff, ac yn wir i gleifion. Felly, Prif Weinidog, a ydych chi'n derbyn barn Coleg Brenhinol yr Ymarferwyr Cyffredinol bod yr argyfwng mewn meddygfeydd teulu yn rhagflaenu COVID? Ac, o ystyried yr effaith y mae'r pandemig wedi ei chael, pa gamau brys wnaiff eich Llywodraeth chi eu cymryd i fynd i'r afael yn benodol â datblygu gofal sylfaenol yn y tymor seneddol hwn? O gofio mai un o nodau eich Llywodraeth chi a nodwyd yn adolygiad 'Cymru Iachach' oedd gwella profiad ac ansawdd y gofal i unigolion a theuluoedd, sut byddwch chi'n cyflawni hyn os bydd nifer y meddygon teulu yn parhau i ostwng, a'n poblogaeth yn parhau i dyfu?