English: I want to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary on his appointment but I also want to pay some tribute to the previous Minister, who had a very tough job and has exercised some change. They are not veiled congratulations, I can assure you. However, moving swiftly on, I did last Friday visit Withybush hospital and I did speak with staff and patients about the new services and how they are bedding in. I'm pleased to report, having done that, that the picture is overwhelmingly positive. I did speak with a woman who had just had delivery of her sixth baby in that new unit and who had nothing but praise for the midwives, the staff and the facilities that she availed herself of. But there was an issue that did come up and that was the future of the 24/7 dedicated ambulance vehicle, or the DAV, that was introduced for emergency transfers between Withybush and Glangwili hospitals as part of the phased introduction of safety measures supported by the previous Minister. Hywel Dda Local Health Board has extended that contract with the Welsh ambulance service but it is due to end at the end of the financial year. Cabinet Secretary, while the service is being used less, maybe, than it was anticipated - but it is shared with other services - the staff did say that it is valued and needed. My question therefore is: would you commit to discussing with Hywel Dda health board the option for putting those vital services on a permanent footing? Also, Minister, I have spoken to you about visiting both Glangwili and Withybush hospitals, which you've agreed to, but I would like to have your agreement on record. Thank you.
Welsh: Hoffwn longyfarch Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ar ei benodiad ond rwyf hefyd yn awyddus i dalu teyrnged i'r Gweinidog blaenorol, a oedd â swydd anodd iawn ac fe gyflawnodd rywfaint o newid. Nid llongyfarchiadau ffug mohono, gallaf eich sicrhau. Fodd bynnag, os caf symud ymlaen yn gyflym, ddydd Gwener diwethaf ymwelais ag ysbyty Llwynhelyg a siaradais â staff a chleifion am y gwasanaethau newydd a'r modd y maent yn ymwreiddio. Rwy'n falch o adrodd, ar ôl gwneud hynny, fod y darlun yn eithriadol o gadarnhaol. Siaradais â menyw a oedd wedi newydd roi genedigaeth i'w chweched babi yn yr uned newydd ac roedd hi'n llawn canmoliaeth i'r bydwragedd, y staff a'r cyfleusterau a ddefnyddiodd. Ond roedd un mater yn codi, sef dyfodol y cerbyd ambiwlans penodedig 24/7, neu'r DAV, a gyflwynwyd ar gyfer trosglwyddiadau brys rhwng ysbytai Llwynhelyg a Glangwili fel rhan o'r broses o gyflwyno mesurau diogelwch fesul cam a gefnogai'r Gweinidog blaenorol. Mae Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol Hywel Dda wedi ymestyn y contract hwnnw gyda gwasanaeth ambiwlans Cymru, ond mae i fod i ddod i ben ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn ariannol. Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, er bod y gwasanaeth yn cael llai o ddefnydd na'r hyn a ddisgwylid, efallai - ond mae'n cael ei rannu gyda gwasanaethau eraill - dywedodd y staff ei fod yn cael ei werthfawrogi a bod ei angen. Fy nghwestiwn, felly, yw hwn: a fyddech yn ymrwymo i drafod gyda bwrdd iechyd Hywel Dda yr opsiwn o roi'r gwasanaethau hanfodol hynny ar sail barhaol? Hefyd, Weinidog, rwyf wedi siarad â chi ynglŷn ag ymweld ag ysbytai Glangwili a Llwynhelyg, ac rydych wedi cytuno i hynny, ond hoffwn gael eich cytundeb wedi'i gofnodi. Diolch.