English: Minister, please may I request a statement from the Minister of health in relation to the fracture liaison service here in Wales? Osteoporosis - we often hear about it here in Chamber - which can cause bones to break from a cough or even so much as a hug from the grandchildren, affects more than 180,000 people in Wales and costs the UK health service a huge £4.6 billion a year. Tragically, as many people die from fracture-related causes as from lung cancer or, in fact, diabetes. However, a fracture liaison service can help transform the quality of life for older people in Wales and unlock some serious savings for our NHS. As it stands, only 66 per cent of people in Wales aged over 50 have access to a FLS, compared to 100 per cent of people in Scotland and Northern Ireland. This means that thousands of people in areas without coverage are having fractures fixed up and forgotten about without their underlying osteoporosis being diagnosed and treated, and I'd like to know, obviously - . Where FLSs are already in place, there is widespread underperformance with patient identification, monitoring and follow-ups. Extending services and raising the quality can free up 73,000 acute hospital beds and 16,500 rehabilitation bed days, estimated to be taken up by hip fracture patients over the next five years, as well as deliver huge savings, which I mentioned. So, a modest £2 million annual investment in raising the number and quality of fracture liaison services to cover everyone over 50 would deliver a £36 million return over five years. We have a real opportunity, Minister, here to improve the lives of thousands of people across Wales, and such savings, I'm sure, will be welcomed by the Welsh Government. Therefore, a statement from the health Minister about investing in this particular service would be greatly appreciated.
Welsh: Gweinidog, os gwelwch yn dda a gaf i ofyn am ddatganiad gan y Gweinidog Iechyd am y gwasanaeth cyswllt toresgyrn yma yng Nghymru? Mae osteoporosis - rydym ni'n aml yn clywed amdano yma yn y Siambr - sy'n gallu achosi esgyrn i dorri drwy beswch neu hyd yn oed drwy gofleidio'r wyrion, yn effeithio ar fwy na 180,000 o bobl yng Nghymru ac yn costio £4.6 biliwn y flwyddyn i wasanaeth iechyd y DU. Yn drasig, mae cymaint o bobl yn marw o achosion sy'n gysylltiedig â thoresgyrn â chanser yr ysgyfaint neu, mewn gwirionedd, diabetes. Fodd bynnag, gall gwasanaeth cyswllt toresgyrn helpu i drawsnewid ansawdd bywyd pobl hŷn yng Nghymru a datgloi rhai arbedion sylweddol i'n GIG. Fel y mae, dim ond 66 y cant o bobl yng Nghymru dros 50 oed sy'n cael y cyfle i fanteisio ar wasanaeth cyswllt toresgyrn, o'i gymharu â 100 y cant o bobl yn yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon. Mae hyn yn golygu bod miloedd o bobl mewn ardaloedd heb wasanaeth yn cael toriadau wedi'u cywiro ac yna'n anghofio amdanyn nhw heb i'w osteoporosis sylfaenol gael diagnosis a thriniaeth, a hoffwn i wybod, yn amlwg - . Lle mae gwasanaeth cyswllt toresgyrn eisoes ar waith, mae tanberfformio eang o ran nodi a monitro cleifion a gwaith dilynol. Gall ymestyn gwasanaethau a chodi'r ansawdd ryddhau 73,000 o welyau ysbyty acíwt a 16,500 o ddiwrnodau gwely adsefydlu, yr amcangyfrifir eu bod yn cael eu cymryd gan gleifion sydd wedi torri clun yn ystod y pum mlynedd nesaf, yn ogystal â darparu arbedion enfawr, y soniais i amdanyn nhw. Felly, byddai buddsoddiad blynyddol cymedrol o £2 filiwn wrth godi nifer ac ansawdd y gwasanaethau cyswllt toresgyrn i gynnwys pawb dros 50 yn sicrhau budd o £36 miliwn dros bum mlynedd. Mae wir gennym ni gyfle yma, Gweinidog, i wella bywydau miloedd o bobl ledled Cymru, ac fe fydd arbedion o'r fath, rwy'n siŵr, yn cael eu croesawu gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Felly, byddai datganiad gan y Gweinidog iechyd am fuddsoddi yn y gwasanaeth penodol hwn yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.