English: I've been very clear that this is a public consultation for members of the public to get involved with. I've also been very clear there's got to be clinical leadership about any other proposals, which is why it was important that clinicians took part not only in a presentation and conversation at board, they've got to be part of the conversation with the public. If I intervene now and if I say that, actually, it does not matter what clinicians themselves have come up with - it does not matter what comes from the public consultation - I will determine that for them, that actually will stop healthcare innovation and progress and reform in every part of the country. It matters that a conversation takes place, it matters that people are focused on delivering better healthcare and it matters that we're in a position as a country to make difficult choices. That is the challenge set for us by the parliamentary review. It tells us on the one hand that there is a good evidence base that some specialist services should be delivered in a smaller number of centres across the country - that will involve, for any community, greater travel - but also that we're able to provide more services within a wider network of community healthcare. Where those proposals come forward, where they're agreed with a clear clinical strategy, the Government will do what it can do to get alongside that. If we are to do that, if we are to meet the challenge set for us, which everybody in theory accepted in the parliamentary review, then we have to be able to have a difficult public consultation and the Government has to play its part as the potential ultimate decision maker.
Welsh: Rydym wedi bod yn glir iawn fod hwn yn ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus i aelodau o'r cyhoedd gymryd rhan ynddo. Rwyf hefyd wedi bod yn glir iawn fod angen arweinyddiaeth glinigol mewn perthynas ag unrhyw gynigion eraill, a dyna pam roedd hi'n bwysig fod clinigwyr yn cymryd rhan, nid yn unig mewn cyflwyniad a thrafodaeth gyda'r bwrdd, mae'n rhaid iddynt fod yn rhan o'r drafodaeth gyda'r cyhoedd hefyd. Os wyf yn ymyrryd yn awr a dweud nad oes ots beth y mae'r clinigwyr eu hunain wedi'i ddweud mewn gwirionedd - nad oes ots beth a ddaw o'r ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus - ac y byddaf yn penderfynu hynny drostynt, bydd hynny, mewn gwirionedd, yn rhwystro arloesedd a chynnydd a diwygio gofal iechyd ym mhob rhan o'r wlad. Mae'n bwysig fod trafodaeth yn digwydd, mae'n bwysig i bobl ganolbwyntio ar ddarparu gofal iechyd gwell ac mae'n bwysig ein bod mewn sefyllfa fel gwlad i allu gwneud penderfyniadau anodd. Dyna'r her a osodwyd i ni gan yr arolwg seneddol. Mae'n dweud wrthym ar y naill law fod yna sylfaen dystiolaeth dda dros ddadlau y dylid darparu rhai gwasanaethau arbenigol mewn llai o ganolfannau ledled y wlad - bydd hynny'n golygu mwy o deithio i unrhyw gymuned - ond hefyd ein bod yn gallu darparu mwy o wasanaethau o fewn rhwydwaith ehangach o ofal iechyd cymunedol. Lle y caiff y cynigion hynny eu cyflwyno, lle y cytunir arnynt gyda strategaeth glinigol glir, bydd y Llywodraeth yn gwneud popeth yn ei gallu i gyd-fynd â hynny. Os ydym am wneud hynny, os ydym am ateb yr her a osodwyd i ni, her a gafodd ei derbyn mewn egwyddor gan bawb yn yr arolwg seneddol, yna mae'n rhaid i ni allu cynnal ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus anodd ac mae'n rhaid i'r Llywodraeth chwarae ei rhan fel yr un a fydd o bosibl yn gwneud y penderfyniad terfynol.