English: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm making this statement today to update the Chamber on the significant progress the Welsh Government has made to deliver on our important programme for government commitment to review voluntary hospice funding in Wales. Hospices play a critical role in providing essential care to more than 20,000 people in Wales affected by terminal illness each year, and help to prevent avoidable admission to hospital. Over 85 per cent of that care is provided in the community. This care has never been more needed than over the last two years when, throughout the pandemic, hospices have been there to support patients, families and carers through the most of difficult of times, in the most difficult of circumstances. Everyone in this Chamber will have been affected by COVID-19 in one way or another. Many will have lost loved ones, and will know someone who's been comforted by the exceptional range of services and support that hospices across Wales provide. Without these essential services, the NHS in Wales would almost certainly have been more severely impacted. Pre-pandemic, approximately two thirds of hospice income - representing more than £25 million - was derived through fundraising activities and the generosity of the great Welsh public. However, the need to implement lockdowns and a range of other restrictions on society throughout the pandemic saw a sudden drop in that income. Fundraising events were cancelled, charity shops closed and campaigns were paused. But hospices were resourceful and they did adapt their practices in response to the pandemic. They accessed business rates relief, made use of the job retention scheme, and introduced innovations to improve care for vulnerable people - for example, adapting transport vehicles and use of technology for patient contact.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n gwneud y datganiad hwn heddiw i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i'r Siambr am y cynnydd sylweddol y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i wneud wrth gyflawni ein hymrwymiad pwysig yn y rhaglen lywodraethu i adolygu cyllid hosbisau gwirfoddol yng Nghymru. Mae hosbisau'n chwarae rhan hollbwysig wrth ddarparu gofal hanfodol i fwy nag 20,000 o bobl yng Nghymru y mae salwch angheuol yn effeithio arnyn nhw bob blwyddyn, ac yn helpu i atal pobl rhag gorfod mynd i'r ysbyty. Mae dros 85 y cant o'r gofal hwnnw yn cael ei ddarparu yn y gymuned. Nid oes mwy o angen wedi bod am y gofal hwn erioed nag yn ystod y ddwy flynedd ddiwethaf pan fo hosbisau wedi bod yna, drwy gydol y pandemig, i gefnogi cleifion, teuluoedd a gofalwyr drwy'r cyfnodau anoddaf, o dan yr amgylchiadau anoddaf. Bydd COVID-19 wedi effeithio ar bawb yn y Siambr hon mewn rhyw ffordd neu'i gilydd. Bydd llawer wedi colli anwyliaid, a byddan nhw'n nabod rhywun sydd wedi'i gysuro gan yr amrywiaeth eithriadol o wasanaethau a chymorth y mae hosbisau ledled Cymru yn eu darparu. Heb y gwasanaethau hanfodol hyn, byddai'r effaith ar y GIG yng Nghymru wedi bod, bron yn sicr, yn fwy difrifol. Cyn y pandemig, daeth tua dwy ran o dair o incwm hosbis - sef mwy na £25 miliwn - drwy weithgareddau codi arian a haelioni'r cyhoedd yng Nghymru. Fodd bynnag, gwelodd yr angen i weithredu cyfyngiadau symud ac amrywiaeth o gyfyngiadau eraill ar gymdeithas drwy gydol y pandemig ostyngiad sydyn yn yr incwm hwnnw. Cafodd digwyddiadau codi arian eu canslo, cafodd siopau elusennol eu cau a chafodd ymgyrchoedd eu hoedi. Ond roedd hosbisau'n ddyfeisgar ac fe wnaethon nhw addasu eu harferion mewn ymateb i'r pandemig. Gwnaethon nhw fanteisio ar ryddhad ardrethi busnes, defnyddio'r cynllun cadw swyddi, a chyflwyno datblygiadau arloesol i wella gofal i bobl sy'n agored i niwed - er enghraifft, addasu cerbydau trafnidiaeth a defnyddio technoleg ar gyfer cysylltu â chleifion.