English: We have more GPs than ever before, and we are at the stage where more and more GPs are looking to come to work in Wales. It's hugely important that the structure of general practice in Wales is attractive. It is a reality, to my mind, that more and more GPs want to be salaried. They don't want to buy into a practice. They don't want to work within that model. Why? They've come through medical school with debt - to actually fork out more money is not an attractive proposition for many of them. The contractor model will be attractive for some, and that'll be an important part of the NHS for years to come. She is right about what happened in Maerdy. I know that there was an issue there on one day; because of an unforeseen circumstance, the cover wasn't there. That is something that I can understand people in Maerdy being frustrated about. It's part of the Ferndale practice, but, nevertheless, there is a branch surgery in Maerdy. What we are finding, of course, is that, for example, we've seen a 16 per cent increase in the number of GP training places filled so far compared with last year. The £43 million primary care fund has helped provide more than 250 additional primary care posts, including GP and nursing posts, pharmacists and physiotherapists. Importantly, work is being taken forward in Cwm Taf - of course, the Rhondda's part of that - working across eight practices in one cluster. So, surgeries that are quite small and that do find it difficult to provide cover at the level that will be expected these days are able to work together in order to provide the comprehensive cover that people need.
Welsh: Mae gennym ni fwy o feddygon teulu nag erioed o'r blaen, ac rydym ni mewn sefyllfa lle mae mwy a mwy o feddygon teulu eisiau dod i weithio yng Nghymru. Mae'n hynod bwysig bod strwythur ymarfer cyffredinol yng Nghymru yn ddeniadol. Mae'n wirionedd, yn fy marn i, bod mwy a mwy o feddygon teulu eisiau bod yn gyflogedig. Nid ydyn nhw eisiau prynu i mewn i bractis. Nid ydyn nhw eisiau gweithio ar sail y model hwnnw. Pam? Maen nhw wedi dod drwy'r ysgol feddygol gyda dyled - nid yw talu mwy o arian yn ddewis deniadol i lawer ohonyn nhw. Bydd y model contractwr yn ddeniadol i rai, a bydd hynny'n rhan bwysig o'r GIG am flynyddoedd i ddod. Mae hi'n iawn am yr hyn a ddigwyddodd yn y Maerdy. Gwn fod problem yno ar un diwrnod; oherwydd amgylchiadau annisgwyl, nid oedd y cymorth wrth gefn yno. Mae hynny'n rhywbeth y gallaf ddeall y mae pobl yn y Maerdy yn rhwystredig amdano. Mae'n rhan o bractis Ferndale, ond, serch hynny, ceir meddygfa gangen yn y Maerdy. Yr hyn yr ydym ni'n ei ganfod, wrth gwrs, yw ein bod ni wedi gweld, er enghraifft, cynnydd o 16 y cant i nifer y lleoedd hyfforddi meddygon teulu yn cael eu llenwi hyd yn hyn o'i gymharu â'r llynedd. Mae'r gronfa gofal sylfaenol £43 miliwn wedi helpu i ddarparu mwy na 250 o swyddi gofal sylfaenol ychwanegol, gan gynnwys swyddi meddygon teulu a nyrsio, fferyllwyr a ffisiotherapyddion. Yn bwysig, mae gwaith yn cael ei wneud yng Nghwm Taf - wrth gwrs, mae'r Rhondda'n rhan o hynny - yn gweithio ar draws wyth practis mewn un clwstwr. Felly, gall meddygfeydd sy'n eithaf bach ac sy'n ei chael hi'n anodd darparu gwasanaeth ar y lefel a ddisgwylir y dyddiau hyn weithio gyda'i gilydd i ddarparu'r gwasanaeth cynhwysfawr sydd ei angen ar bobl.