English: Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. Angela, welcome back as well. We have missed you. It's great to see you. Minister, we are rightly proud of the NHS. We're envied by many other countries for having a health service that is free at the point of use. I'm sorry to be stood here today once again listening to a statement from the Minister whose first responsibility is oversight of NHS delivery and performance. In the case of Betsi, though, it's more than this. As the Welsh Government, you, Minister, have taken over the running of certain aspects of the health board's operations via special measures. This health board has been in existence for only 10 years, so that means it has not been performing as expected for at least 40 per cent of its life, so it seems to me that special measures is more like business as usual. I welcome the areas of improvement you mentioned in this statement. However, after four years, surely some sort of deadline for the ending of special measures should be forthcoming. Today's statement sounds and feels very similar to the last statement you made, and the one before that, and the one before that. We're getting really into this now. I'm interested to know when will you take decisive and positive action to make real change happen. This statement is silent on the deeply concerning recruitment crisis for medical professionals and support workers in the region. And I wonder what analysis have you done as to the effect of the headlines around the health service in north Wales on recruitment. I think the recently published Public Accounts Committee report on governance lessons learned is really very concerning, in that it appears to me, despite numerous inquiries over the decades, that lessons are not actually being learned. More than anything, I'm concerned about the human cost of the challenge of this health board. Literally thousands of people are waiting far too long for surgery, well over the target times, whilst their health (1) deteriorates still further, (2) they are in pain, (3) they're not able to work, and (4) they're not able to look after their families. Please, Minister, please tell me and them how they can take comfort from this statement and have confidence in your stewardship of the Welsh NHS.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Angela, Croeso'n ôl hefyd. Rydym ni wedi gweld eich eisiau. Mae'n wych eich gweld chi. Gweinidog, rydym yn haeddiannol falch o'r GIG. Mae llawer o wledydd eraill yn eiddigeddus ohonom gan fod gennym ni wasanaeth iechyd sydd am ddim. Mae'n flin gennyf i sefyll yma heddiw unwaith eto yn gwrando ar ddatganiad gan y Gweinidog sydd â'r cyfrifoldeb pennaf i oruchwylio darpariaeth a pherfformiad y GIG. Ond yn achos Betsi, mae'n fwy na hyn. Ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru, rydych chi, Gweinidog, wedi ymgymryd â'r gwaith o redeg rhai agweddau ar waith y bwrdd iechyd drwy fesurau arbennig. Mae'r bwrdd iechyd hwn wedi bod mewn bodolaeth am 10 mlynedd yn unig, felly mae hynny'n golygu nad yw wedi bod yn perfformio yn ôl y disgwyl am o leiaf 40 y cant o'i fywyd, felly ymddengys i mi fod mesurau arbennig yn debycach i drefn arferol pethau. Croesawaf y meysydd sydd wedi gwella yr ydych chi'n sôn amdanyn nhw yn y datganiad hwn. Fodd bynnag, ar ôl pedair blynedd, siawns na ddylid cael rhyw fath o ddyddiad terfyn ar gyfer dod â mesurau arbennig i ben. Mae'r datganiad heddiw yn swnio ac yn teimlo'n debyg iawn i'r datganiad diwethaf a wnaethoch chi, a'r un cyn hynny, a'r un cyn hynny. Rydym ni'n mynd at wraidd hyn nawr. Mae gennyf ddiddordeb cael gwybod pryd y byddwch chi'n cymryd camau pendant a chadarnhaol i sicrhau bod newid gwirioneddol yn digwydd. Nid yw'r datganiad hwn yn cyfeirio at yr argyfwng recriwtio sy'n peri pryder mawr i weithwyr meddygol proffesiynol a gweithwyr cymorth yn y rhanbarth. A tybed pa ddadansoddiad ydych chi wedi'i wneud o effaith y penawdau ynghylch y gwasanaeth iechyd yn y gogledd o ran recriwtio. Credaf fod adroddiad y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddar ar y gwersi llywodraethu a ddysgwyd yn peri pryder mawr, oherwydd mae hi'n ymddangos i mi, er gwaethaf nifer o ymholiadau dros y degawdau, nad yw gwersi'n cael eu dysgu mewn gwirionedd. Yn fwy na dim, rwy'n pryderu am gost ddynol her y bwrdd iechyd hwn. Mae miloedd o bobl, yn llythrennol, yn aros yn llawer rhy hir am lawdriniaeth, yn llawer hwy na'r amserau targed, tra bod eu hiechyd (1) yn dirywio ymhellach fyth, (2) maen nhw mewn poen, (3) nid ydyn nhw'n gallu gweithio, a (4) nid ydyn nhw'n gallu gofalu am eu teuluoedd. Os gwelwch yn dda, Gweinidog, a wnewch chi ddweud wrthyf i ac wrthyn nhw sut y gallan nhw gael cysur o'r datganiad hwn a bod â ffydd yn eich stiwardiaeth dros GIG Cymru.