English: Cabinet Secretary, of course, these latest developments at Withybush hospital of a consultant paediatrician retiring and a consultant paediatrician going on maternity leave are a huge concern to my constituents, who have already seen paediatric services downgraded from a 24-hour service to a 12-hour service, which, quite frankly, has been a disaster for us in Pembrokeshire. But I am pleased that the local health board has restated its commitment in the press release they've issued earlier today to maintain the current opening hours, because if this 12-hour service does not continue then that will be catastrophic. There were Members in this Chamber, including me, who warned the previous Welsh Government, when the original changes were made, that the downgrading of paediatric services at the hospital could have a detrimental effect on the sustainability of remaining services. And it now appears that that is the case. So, in the circumstances, what reassurances can the Cabinet Secretary give my constituents today that the Welsh Government will do everything it can to support the local health board to maintain these vital services? And given that downgrading paediatric services has had an effect on these part-time services, because it's probably even more challenging to recruit clinicians to a place where services have been reduced, will he now commit to reviewing paediatric services at Withybush hospital, with a view of establishing a 24-hour service? And, in the short term, what specific support is the Welsh Government giving to the Hywel Dda university health board in order to overcome some of the recruitment challenges facing the hospital?
Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, wrth gwrs, mae'r datblygiadau diweddaraf hyn yn ysbyty Llwynhelyg, lle mae paediatregydd ymgynghorol wedi ymddeol a phaediatregydd ymgynghorol wedi mynd ar absenoldeb mamolaeth, yn bryder mawr i fy etholwyr, sydd eisoes wedi gweld gwasanaethau pediatrig yn cael eu hisraddio o wasanaeth 24 awr i wasanaeth 12 awr, sydd, a dweud y gwir, wedi bod yn drychineb i ni yn Sir Benfro. Ond rwy'n falch bod y bwrdd iechyd lleol wedi ailddatgan ei ymrwymiad yn y datganiad i'r wasg y mae wedi'i gyhoeddi yn gynharach heddiw i gynnal yr oriau agor presennol, oherwydd os na fydd y gwasanaeth 12 awr hwn yn parhau, bydd hynny'n drychinebus. Roedd rhai Aelodau yn y Siambr hon, gan fy nghynnwys i, a rybuddiodd Lywodraeth flaenorol Cymru, pan wnaethpwyd y newidiadau gwreiddiol, y gallai israddio gwasanaethau pediatrig yn yr ysbyty gael effaith andwyol ar gynaliadwyedd y gwasanaethau sy'n weddill. Ac mae'n ymddangos bellach bod hynny'n wir. Felly, o dan yr amgylchiadau, pa sicrwydd y gall Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ei roi i fy etholwyr heddiw y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn gwneud popeth o fewn ei gallu i gefnogi'r bwrdd iechyd lleol i gynnal y gwasanaethau hanfodol hyn? Ac o gofio bod israddio gwasanaethau pediatrig wedi cael effaith ar y gwasanaethau rhan-amser hyn, oherwydd mae'n debyg ei bod yn anoddach fyth recriwtio clinigwyr i fan lle mae gwasanaethau wedi eu lleihau, a wnaiff ef ymrwymo nawr i adolygu gwasanaethau pediatrig yn ysbyty Llwynhelyg, gyda golwg ar sefydlu gwasanaeth 24 awr? Ac, yn y tymor byr, pa gymorth penodol y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei roi i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol Hywel Dda i oresgyn rhai o'r heriau recriwtio sy'n wynebu'r ysbyty?