English: Thank you for this and your earlier statement, Cabinet Secretary. Complications relating to vaginal mesh implants have left thousands of women, worldwide, living in constant, debilitating, chronic pain, and it is therefore welcome that the Welsh Government undertook a review of the use of such implants. I would like to thank Professor Emery and his team for their report. Whilst survivor groups would like an immediate ban on all use of such mesh and tape implants, I accept that these implants have benefits for some women, but their use should not be widespread and should be controlled. I therefore welcome the task and finish group's recommendations to improve the pathway, to encourage greater informed choice and to affirm that mesh surgery should be a last resort. Cabinet Secretary, the task and finish group made a number of recommendations and I am grateful that you have indicated that you support their implementation. When do you expect the implementation group to complete its work and ensure that all recommendations are put in place? Cabinet Secretary, are you aware of the research being undertaken at the University of Sheffield, published in the journal 'Neurourology and Urodynamics', which supports the use of a softer and more elastic material, better suited for use in the pelvic floor, and one that releases oestrogen into the surrounding pelvic tissue to form new blood vessels and ultimately speed up the healing process? They concluded that a different material, polyurethane, would be a much better material to use as a vaginal mesh due to its flexibility and its likeness to human tissue. The next step is clinical trials. Cabinet Secretary, can you ensure that Welsh patients have access to these trials? I look forward to seeing the details of the new care pathway and support available to women who have stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse. Diolch yn fawr, thank you very much.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am hwn ac am eich datganiad cynharach, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Mae cymhlethdodau sy'n ymwneud â mewnblaniadau rhwyll y wain wedi gadael miloedd o fenywod, ledled y byd, yn byw mewn poen cyson, gwanychol a chronig. Felly mae croeso i'r ffaith bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cynnal adolygiad o'r defnydd o fewnblaniadau o'r fath. Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Athro Emery a'i dîm am eu hadroddiad. Er bod grwpiau goroeswyr yn dymuno cael gwaharddiad ar unwaith ar bob defnydd o fewnblaniadau rhwyll a thâp o'r fath, rwy'n derbyn bod y mewnblaniadau hyn o fudd i rai menywod. Serch hynny, ni ddylai eu defnydd fod yn eang a dylid ei reoli. Felly rwy'n croesawu argymhellion y grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen i wella'r llwybr, i annog mwy o ddewis gwybodus ac i gadarnhau y dylai llawdriniaeth rhwyll fod yn ddewis olaf. Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, gwnaed nifer o argymhellion gan y grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen ac rwy'n ddiolchgar eich bod wedi dweud eich bod yn cefnogi eu rhoi ar waith. Pryd ydych chi'n disgwyl i'r grŵp gweithredu gwblhau ei waith a sicrhau bod yr holl argymhellion yn cael eu rhoi ar waith? Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a ydych chi'n ymwybodol o'r ymchwil a wnaed ym Mhrifysgol Sheffield, a gyhoeddwyd yn y cyfnodolyn 'Neurourology and Urodynamics', sy'n cefnogi'r defnydd o ddeunydd meddalach a mwy elastig, sy'n fwy addas i'w defnyddio yn llawr y pelfis, ac un sy'n rhyddhau oestrogen i'r meinweoedd pelfis cyfagos i ffurfio pibelli gwaed newydd a chyflymu'r broses o wella yn y pen draw? Daethant i'r casgliad y byddai deunydd gwahanol, sef polywrethan, yn ddeunydd gwell i'w ddefnyddio fel rhwyll y wain oherwydd ei hyblygrwydd a'i debygrwydd i feinwe dynol. Y cam nesaf yw treialon clinigol. Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a allwch chi sicrhau bod cleifion yng Nghymru yn cael mynediad at y treialon hyn? Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at weld manylion y llwybr gofal newydd, a'r cymorth sydd ar gael i fenywod sydd ag anymataliaeth wrinol sy'n gysylltiedig â straen neu brolaps organau'r pelfis. Diolch yn fawr, diolch yn fawr iawn.