English: Betsi Cadwaladr, according to you, is now out of special measures. Okay. I agree exactly with what Rhun and Darren have said, but we will see going down the line how it works out, and my contribution today will still stand. I've had a look, Minister, at my previous statement when it was in special measures, and my responses, and they're all along the same lines. So, I could, if I wanted to, basically present exactly the same speech I gave in June 2019. However, considering the year that we've all had, where the NHS and associated services are very much on the front line, I feel it more appropriate to be as constructive as possible. Firstly, I'd like to place on record my thanks to all of those in the NHS who have contributed to keeping services going in the face of fear, pressure, illness and death. It does appear that we are winning the COVID battle. As world case numbers have risen over the last couple of months, deaths have not risen relative to those numbers. Minister, I can only imagine how massive the weight is on your shoulders. The fact that you are still standing is testimony to your own tenacity. While any party in opposition can differ as to the approach taken, I doubt anybody in this Chamber would actually swap places with you - at least during 2020. We know that Betsi Cadwaladr has been in special measures for a record amount of time and, as I said, fingers crossed that your approach now works. And the increased funding from last month was very, very welcome. In your estimation, Minister, what difference does being in special measures make to the level of service afforded to our constituents, and how will it change now? What I'm trying to tease out is whether special measures meant longer waiting times, more difficulty in getting a GP appointment and harder-to-access dental services? Because it seems to me that, in our COVID-recovery world, every citizen in Wales will have difficulty in all of these areas due to the impact of the pandemic. Having asked that question, I must put on record that I, for one, am sick of the health service being used as a political football, as it continues to be. I think we've all realised that health is more important than anything else. We know that the health service takes up over 50 per cent of the budget allocation for all of the devolved services, and the COVID response across the UK has been driven by the NHS - its capacity, its funding - at the expense, it seems, of every other area of civil society. I mentioned in my remarks to your statement on strategic support for Betsi Cadwaladr that a fundamentally different approach might be needed to solve what I see as a structural problem with the north Wales health board. It is the largest in Wales, so perhaps that needs to be looked at - the structure. Perhaps it's time for the health service to stop being that political football. It is now time to consider what sort of cross-party commission can take responsibility for the health of the nation and the Welsh NHS. There is, after all, no monopoly on good ideas and collective political responsibility, and an element of consensus has got to be better than the type of debate that we have had, or that we will have today. Thank you, Minister.
Welsh: Mae Betsi Cadwaladr, yn ôl yr hyn a ddywedwch chi, allan o fesurau arbennig erbyn hyn. Iawn. Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â'r hyn a ddywedodd Rhun a Darren, ond fe fyddwn ni'n gweld yn y dyfodol sut y bydd hyn yn gweithio, ac fe fydd fy nghyfraniad i heddiw'n dal i sefyll. Rwyf i wedi bwrw golwg, Gweinidog, ar fy natganiad blaenorol i pan oedd y bwrdd mewn mesurau arbennig, ac ar fy ymatebion i, ac maen nhw i gyd ar yr un trywydd. Felly, fe allwn i, pe byddwn i'n dymuno gwneud hynny, gyflwyno'r union araith a roddais i ym mis Mehefin 2019. Er hynny, o ystyried y flwyddyn yr ydym ni i gyd wedi ei chael, lle mae'r GIG a gwasanaethau cysylltiedig ar y rheng flaen i raddau mawr iawn, credaf ei bod yn fwy priodol i fod mor adeiladol â phosibl. Yn gyntaf, fe hoffwn i ddiolch ar goedd i bawb yn y GIG sydd wedi cyfrannu at gadw gwasanaethau ar waith yn wyneb ofn, pwysau, salwch a marwolaeth. Mae'n ymddangos ein bod ni'n ennill brwydr COVID. Wrth i nifer yr achosion trwy'r byd godi yn ystod yr ychydig fisoedd diwethaf, nid yw marwolaethau wedi codi o'u cymharu â'r niferoedd hyn. Gweinidog, ni allaf i ond dychmygu pa mor aruthrol o fawr yw'r pwysau ar eich ysgwyddau chi. Mae'r ffaith eich bod chi'n dal i sefyll yn dystiolaeth i'ch dycnwch unigol chi. Er y gall unrhyw un o'r gwrthbleidiau anghytuno â'r dull a gymerir, rwy'n amau a fyddai unrhyw un yn y Siambr hon yn awyddus i gyfnewid lle â chi mewn gwirionedd - o leiaf yn ystod 2020. Fe wyddom ni fod Betsi Cadwaladr wedi bod mewn mesurau arbennig am y cyfnod hwyaf erioed ac, fel y dywedais i, a chan groesi bysedd, fe fydd eich dull chi o weithredu yn gweithio nawr. Ac roedd y cynnydd yn y cyllid o'r mis diwethaf i'w groesawu yn fawr iawn. Yn eich tŷb chi, Gweinidog, pa wahaniaeth y mae bod mewn mesurau arbennig yn ei wneud i lefel y gwasanaeth a gynigir i'n hetholwyr ni, a sut fydd hynny'n newid nawr? Rwy'n ceisio cael gwybod a oedd mesurau arbennig yn golygu amseroedd aros hwy, mwy o anhawster i gael apwyntiad gyda meddyg teulu a gwasanaethau deintyddol sy'n fwy anodd cael atyn nhw? Oherwydd mae'n ymddangos i mi, yn ein byd ni sy'n adfer wedi COVID, y bydd pob dinesydd yng Nghymru yn cael anhawster ym mhob un o'r meysydd hyn oherwydd effaith y pandemig. Wedi gofyn y cwestiwn hwn, mae'n rhaid imi ddweud fy mod i, am un, wedi syrffedu ar y defnydd o'r gwasanaeth iechyd fel cocyn hitio gwleidyddol, sy'n digwydd o hyd. Rwy'n credu ein bod ni i gyd wedi sylweddoli bod iechyd yn bwysicach na dim byd arall. Fe wyddom fod y gwasanaeth iechyd yn cymryd dros 50 y cant o ddyraniad y gyllideb ar gyfer yr holl wasanaethau datganoledig, ac fe gafodd ymateb COVID ledled y DU ei yrru gan y GIG - ei gapasiti, ei gyllid - ar draul pob maes arall o gymdeithas sifil, mae'n debyg. Yn fy sylwadau i'ch datganiad chi am gefnogaeth strategol i Betsi Cadwaladr, fe soniais y gallai fod angen dull hollol wahanol i ddatrys yr hyn a welaf i yn broblem strwythurol gyda bwrdd iechyd y gogledd. Dyma'r bwrdd mwyaf yng Nghymru, felly efallai fod angen edrych ar hynny - y strwythur. Efallai ei bod hi'n bryd rhoi'r gorau i ddefnyddio'r gwasanaeth iechyd yn gocyn hitio gwleidyddol. Mae'n bryd nawr ystyried pa fath o gomisiwn trawsbleidiol all gymryd cyfrifoldeb am iechyd y genedl a GIG Cymru. Wedi'r cyfan, ni cheir monopoli ar syniadau da na chyfrifoldeb gwleidyddol ar y cyd, ac mae'n siŵr bod elfen o gytundeb yn well na'r ddadl yr ydym ni wedi ei chael, neu y byddwn ni'n ei chael heddiw. Diolch, Gweinidog.