English: Minister, can I thank you for your statement today? I certainly very much welcome what you've said, in terms of funding for diagnosis and support for long COVID. I, like many in this Chamber, I think, would have been shocked by the ONS figures that said as many as 50,000 people across Wales have been suffering from long COVID. I, myself, spoke to a constituent fairly recently about their experience - going to work, feeling fatigued, out of breath - and the impact it had on their work life and family life. Thankfully, the person I spoke to recently had a very understanding employer, but that's not always the case, and the effect on the family life with bringing up young children was huge in terms of how it affected them. It's been about five months now since your predecessor announced the long COVID app, which you referred to in your statement today, and that app, of course, provides information about self-support for people. I'm pleased that you said in your statement this isn't a substitute, it's additional information. But can I ask what feedback you've received, or your officials, on whether this app has been successful in tracking systems and helping people with long COVID to recover? So, has the app been successful and how has it been successful, I suppose, is the question. It's clear from your statement today, Minister, that you're looking to expand diagnosis and treatment for those suffering from long COVID, which of course is very much welcome. And Long Covid Wales has been, I know, calling for some time now for specific multidisciplinary clinics to help with rehabilitation, saying that the - . Well, what they said to the previous Health, Social Care and Sport Committee back in March was that one-stop-shop clinics are needed, because people have not got the energy or resources to go back and forth to their GP and be referred to different places; they need to go and get treatment from one place. That's what they told the previous committee. So, I'd be grateful, Minister, if you could confirm exactly how the £5 million is going to be used and whether there'll be physical or virtual long COVID clinics with multidisciplinary teams, as has been the case, as you know, in NHS England over the past seven months. I certainly think they should be physical clinics, and I was perhaps a bit disappointed that that wasn't mentioned in your statement today, but perhaps you can clarify. If there are physical clinics, then perhaps you could identify where those locations are going to be. I see that you briefly referred to research on long COVID in your statement today, and I note the National Institute for Health Research announced in February that it was investing £18 million to fund four studies of long COVID and, in March, it launched another round of funding worth £20 million. The UK Biobank also plans to send self-testing kits to all its 500,000 patients so that those with COVID antibodies can be identified and invited for further study. So, in that context, can I ask what efforts the Welsh Government is making to feed into UK-wide and Welsh research into the effects of long COVID and what support you're providing the Welsh NHS with in this regard, so that we can use this research, of course, to diagnose and treat further and future long COVID sufferers effectively? And lastly and quickly, you've put some emphasis on GPs being part of the diagnosis pathway, and they'll be issued with new guidance - you pointed that out in your statement today - so, I'd just like to ask, have you, and what discussions have you had with GP representatives on the guidance before making this announcement today? Thank you, Minister.
Welsh: Gweinidog, a gaf i ddiolch ichi am eich datganiad heddiw? Rwy'n sicr yn croesawu'n fawr yr hyn yr ydych chi wedi'i ddweud, o ran cyllid ar gyfer diagnosis a chymorth ar gyfer COVID hir. Rwy'n credu y byddwn i, fel llawer yn y Siambr hon, wedi fy syfrdanu gan ffigurau'r Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol a ddywedodd fod cynifer â 50,000 o bobl ledled Cymru wedi bod yn dioddef o COVID hir. Siaradais i, fy hun, ag etholwr yn weddol ddiweddar am ei brofiad - mynd i'r gwaith, teimlo'n flinedig, yn fyr o anadl - a'r effaith a gafodd ar ei fywyd gwaith a'i fywyd teuluol. Diolch byth, roedd gan yr unigolyn y siaradais ag ef yn ddiweddar, gyflogwr llawn cydymdeimlad, ond nid yw hynny'n wir bob amser, ac roedd yr effaith ar fywyd y teulu, magu plant ifanc, yn enfawr o ran sut yr effeithiodd arnyn nhw. Mae tua phum mis wedi mynd heibio bellach ers i'ch rhagflaenydd gyhoeddi'r ap COVID hir, y cyfeirioch chi ato yn eich datganiad heddiw, ac mae'r ap hwnnw, wrth gwrs, yn darparu gwybodaeth am hunangymorth i bobl. Rwy'n falch eich bod wedi dweud yn eich datganiad nad yw hyn yn cymryd lle rhywbeth arall, mae'n wybodaeth ychwanegol. Ond a gaf i ofyn pa adborth yr ydych chi neu eich swyddogion wedi'i gael o ran a yw'r ap hwn wedi llwyddo i olrhain systemau a helpu pobl sydd â COVID hir i wella? Felly, a yw'r ap wedi bod yn llwyddiannus a sut y mae wedi bod yn llwyddiannus, mae'n debyg, yw'r cwestiwn. Mae'n amlwg o'ch datganiad heddiw, Gweinidog, eich bod yn bwriadu ehangu diagnosis a thriniaeth i'r rhai sy'n dioddef o COVID hir, sydd wrth gwrs i'w groesawu'n fawr. Ac mae Covid Hir Cymru wedi bod, rwy'n gwybod, yn galw ers peth amser bellach am glinigau amlddisgyblaethol penodol i helpu gydag adsefydlu, gan ddweud bod - . Wel, yr hyn y gwnaethon nhw ei ddweud wrth y Pwyllgor Iechyd, Gofal Cymdeithasol a Chwaraeon blaenorol yn ôl ym mis Mawrth oedd bod angen clinigau siop un stop, gan nad oes gan bobl yr egni na'r adnoddau i fynd yn ôl ac ymlaen at eu meddyg teulu a chael eu hatgyfeirio i wahanol leoedd; mae angen iddyn nhw fynd i gael triniaeth mewn un lle. Dyna y gwnaethon nhw ei ddweud wrth y pwyllgor blaenorol. Felly, byddwn yn ddiolchgar, Gweinidog, pe baech yn cadarnhau sut yn union y bydd y £5 miliwn yn cael ei ddefnyddio a pha un a fydd clinigau COVID hir yn rhai rhithwir neu ffisegol gyda thimau amlddisgyblaethol, fel sydd wedi digwydd, fel y gwyddoch, yn GIG Lloegr dros y saith mis diwethaf. Rwy'n sicr yn credu y dylen nhw fod yn glinigau ffisegol, ac efallai fy mod braidd yn siomedig na soniwyd am hynny yn eich datganiad heddiw, ond efallai y gwnewch chi egluro. Os oes clinigau ffisegol, yna efallai y gallech chi nodi ble y bydd y lleoliadau hynny. Rwy'n gweld eich bod wedi cyfeirio'n fyr at ymchwil ar COVID hir yn eich datganiad heddiw, a nodaf i'r Sefydliad Cenedlaethol dros Ymchwil Iechyd gyhoeddi ym mis Chwefror ei fod yn buddsoddi £18 miliwn i ariannu pedair astudiaeth o COVID hir ac, ym mis Mawrth, lansiodd gylch arall o gyllid gwerth £20 miliwn. Mae Banc Bio'r DU hefyd yn bwriadu anfon pecynnau hunan-brofi at bob un o'i 500,000 o gleifion fel y gellir adnabod a gwahodd y rhai sydd â gwrthgyrff COVID i'w hastudio ymhellach. Felly, yn y cyd-destun hwnnw, a gaf i ofyn pa ymdrechion y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu gwneud i gyfrannu at ymchwil ledled y DU ac yng Nghymru i effeithiau COVID hir a pha gymorth yr ydych yn ei roi i GIG Cymru yn hyn o beth, fel y gallwn ddefnyddio'r ymchwil hon, wrth gwrs, i ddiagnosio a thrin dioddefwyr COVID hir eraill a dioddefwyr yn y dyfodol yn effeithiol? Ac yn olaf ac yn gyflym, rydych wedi rhoi rhywfaint o bwyslais ar wneud meddygon teulu yn rhan o'r llwybr diagnosis, a byddan nhw'n cael canllawiau newydd - gwnaethoch chi dynnu sylw at hynny yn eich datganiad heddiw - felly, hoffwn ofyn, a ydych chi wedi cael trafodaethau gyda chynrychiolwyr meddygon teulu ar y canllawiau, a beth oedd y trafodaethau hynny, cyn gwneud y cyhoeddiad hwn heddiw? Diolch Gweinidog.