English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I'd like to thank Members for their contributions to today's debate and deal with the Government amendments and comments made during the debate. It's a fact that, before the COVID pandemic, we had made four years of continuous improvement in waiting times across Wales. The last year, the pace of improvement scaled as a direct result of the tax and pension issues across the UK. Like all countries, the pandemic has impacted and continues to impact upon our ability to treat all patients as efficiently as we would like - points that were well recognised and noted in the contribution by Dai Lloyd. As the September statistics show, many patients are now waiting much longer. Those statistics show that the over-36-week waits have increased sixfold from February to September within this year. Like other parts of the UK, we will see further increases as we respond to coronavirus during this public health emergency. I should, perhaps, at this point address some of the comments about capacity in England or the independent sector. We already have arrangements in place with the independent sector through the pandemic. We already make use, from time to time, of independent sector activity to deal with waiting list initiatives. There's nothing new in that. However, the capacity that is regularly made use of in the English system is unlikely to be available to us because of the significant scale of the backlog that they will have to deal with. Sadly, as was recently highlighted in the community health council report yesterday, the condition of some patients will worsen whilst they are waiting. This reinforces the need to control the spread of coronavirus and to increase the number of planned operations as safely and as quickly as possible. Coronavirus has affected almost every aspect of healthcare, from learning how to treat and care for people who are seriously ill with COVID, the long COVID treatment - we're still learning more about the condition - to making physical changes to clinics, surgeries and operating theatres to both protect staff and patients from the risk of contracting this highly infectious virus. And I remain incredibly grateful to our dedicated NHS and social care staff for their commitment and their compassion during these unprecedented times.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Aelodau am eu cyfraniadau i'r ddadl heddiw ac ymdrin â gwelliannau a sylwadau'r Llywodraeth a wnaethpwyd yn ystod y ddadl. Mae'n ffaith ein bod, cyn y pandemig COVID, wedi gweld pedair blynedd o welliant parhaus mewn amseroedd aros ledled Cymru. Yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, dilynodd cyflymder y gwelliant o ganlyniad uniongyrchol i'r materion treth a phensiwn ledled y DU. Fel pob gwlad, mae'r pandemig wedi effeithio ac yn parhau i effeithio ar ein gallu i drin pob claf mor effeithlon ag yr hoffem - pwyntiau a gafodd eu cydnabod a'u nodi'n dda yng nghyfraniad Dai Lloyd. Fel y dengys ystadegau mis Medi, mae llawer o gleifion bellach yn aros yn hwy o lawer. Mae'r ystadegau hynny'n dangos bod yr amseroedd aros dros 36 wythnos wedi cynyddu chwe gwaith rhwng mis Chwefror a mis Medi eleni. Fel rhannau eraill o'r DU, byddwn yn gweld cynnydd pellach wrth i ni ymateb i'r coronafeirws yn ystod yr argyfwng iechyd cyhoeddus hwn. Efallai y dylwn fynd i'r afael ar y pwynt hwn â rhai o'r sylwadau am y capasiti yn Lloegr neu'r sector annibynnol. Mae gennym eisoes drefniadau ar waith gyda'r sector annibynnol drwy gydol y pandemig. Rydym eisoes yn defnyddio gweithgarwch y sector annibynnol o bryd i'w gilydd i ymdrin â chynlluniau rhestrau aros. Nid oes dim yn newydd yn hynny. Fodd bynnag, mae'n annhebygol y bydd y capasiti a ddefnyddir yn rheolaidd yn system Lloegr ar gael i ni oherwydd maint sylweddol yr ôl-groniad y bydd yn rhaid iddynt ymdrin ag ef. Yn anffodus, fel yr amlygwyd yn ddiweddar yn adroddiad y cyngor iechyd cymuned ddoe, bydd cyflwr rhai cleifion yn gwaethygu tra byddant yn aros. Mae hyn yn atgyfnerthu'r angen i reoli lledaeniad y coronafeirws ac i gynyddu nifer y llawdriniaethau a gynlluniwyd mor ddiogel a chyflym â phosibl. Mae'r coronafeirws wedi effeithio ar bron bob agwedd ar ofal iechyd, o ddysgu sut i drin a gofalu am bobl sy'n ddifrifol wael gyda COVID, trin COVID hir - rydym yn dal i ddysgu mwy am y cyflwr - i wneud newidiadau ffisegol i glinigau, meddygfeydd a theatrau llawdriniaethau er mwyn diogelu staff a chleifion rhag y risg o ddal y feirws hynod heintus hwn. Ac rwy'n parhau i fod yn hynod ddiolchgar i'n GIG ymroddedig a'n staff gofal cymdeithasol am eu hymrwymiad a'u tosturi yn ystod y cyfnod digynsail hwn.