English: Diolch, Weinidog. Swansea bay community health council's new report 'Accessing NHS Dental Care: Getting to the Root of the Problem' paints a damning picture of dental services in the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas. It emphasises these issues were present before the pandemic exacerbated them. Patients have had to wait years to see a dentist, many not having been able to get an appointment at all. The report found that 70 per cent of people feel pressure to seek private dental care in order to get an appointment. They can't access NHS dental services, including pregnant women and children. And patients with serious medical issues that require regular check-ups are being denied vital appointments. One patient said, 'My bridge fell out at the beginning of 2020, I'm still without it. It affects my confidence. I can't smile. I can't laugh.' In another case, a man was left to pull his own tooth from his mouth, and we know there are cases reported of this. And I heard similar accounts from hundreds of my constituents in response to a survey I conducted. One patient also told me he'd been automatically de-registered as he hadn't been seen in two years, although he'd been shielding for most of those two years. So, I welcome the Government's recently announced plan to improve dental care, but I'd like to know how the contract reform is going to adequately and urgently address all of the concerns reflected in the report, which are replicated all over Wales, and have been raised by many Members in this Chamber. Is there sufficient funding to increase NHS capacity to end this unjust postcode lottery, and ensure those who cannot afford to pay, or who cannot find an NHS dentist, receive the care they're entitled to?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Mae adroddiad newydd cyngor iechyd cymuned bae Abertawe, 'Cael Mynediad at Ofal Deintyddol y GIG: Mynd at Wreiddyn y Broblem', yn rhoi darlun damniol o wasanaethau deintyddol yn ardaloedd Abertawe a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot. Mae'n pwysleisio bod y materion hyn yn bodoli cyn i'r pandemig eu gwaethygu. Mae cleifion wedi gorfod aros am flynyddoedd i weld deintydd, a llawer heb lwyddo i gael apwyntiad o gwbl. Canfu'r adroddiad fod 70 y cant o bobl yn teimlo o dan bwysau i geisio gofal deintyddol preifat er mwyn cael apwyntiad. Ni allant gael mynediad at wasanaethau deintyddol y GIG, gan gynnwys menywod beichiog a phlant. Ac mae apwyntiadau hanfodol yn cael eu gwrthod i gleifion â phroblemau meddygol difrifol sydd angen archwiliadau rheolaidd. Dywedodd un claf: 'Syrthiodd fy mhont ddeintyddol allan ar ddechrau 2020, rwyf hebddi o hyd. Mae'n effeithio ar fy hyder. Ni allaf wenu. Ni allaf chwerthin.' Mewn achos arall, bu'n rhaid i ddyn dynnu ei ddant ei hun o'i geg, a gwyddom fod achosion o hyn wedi'u cofnodi. A chlywais adroddiadau tebyg gan gannoedd o fy etholwyr mewn ymateb i arolwg a gynhaliais. Dywedodd un claf wrthyf hefyd ei fod wedi cael ei ddatgofrestru'n awtomatig gan nad oedd deintydd wedi'i weld ers dwy flynedd, er ei fod wedi bod ar y rhestr warchod am y rhan fwyaf o'r ddwy flynedd hynny. Felly, rwy'n croesawu cynllun y Llywodraeth a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddar i wella gofal deintyddol, ond hoffwn wybod sut y bydd diwygio'r contract yn mynd i'r afael yn ddigonol ac ar fyrder â'r holl bryderon a adlewyrchir yn yr adroddiad, sy'n codi ledled Cymru, ac sydd wedi'u codi gan lawer o Aelodau yn y Siambr hon. A oes cyllid digonol i gynyddu capasiti'r GIG i ddod â'r loteri cod post anghyfiawn hon i ben, a sicrhau bod y rheini na allant fforddio talu, neu na allant ddod o hyd i ddeintydd GIG, yn cael y gofal y mae ganddynt hawl iddo?