English: Llywydd, I have no difficulty in apologising. I don't share the same standards as the Conservative Party, where the Prime Minister refuses to apologise time and time again for the things for which he has been so directly responsible. I have apologised in the past for the failings of the health board in north Wales, and the Welsh Government has taken a series of measures to assist the health board to make sure that the services people get are of the standard that they are entitled to receive. In relation to vascular services alone, the Welsh Government has made a substantial investment in the physical infrastructure of the service at Glan Clwyd Hospital, and, as a result of the funding that the Welsh Government has found for that health board, there are six additional consultant vascular surgeons, an additional consultant interventional radiologist, four vascular junior doctors, extra vascular specialist nurses, and a dedicated 18-bed vascular ward. The Welsh Government has done everything we can to support the board in making good for some of the deficiencies that had been identified in it. It is very disappointing to learn that in this service there are still standards of professional practice that do not match the standards that people are entitled to expect from those who are directly responsible for that clinical care. My colleague Eluned Morgan set out in her written statement on 3 February the measures that will now be taken, and that includes oversight of the service from a large vascular service outside Wales to make sure that there is both oversight and multidisciplinary support. She said in that written statement as well that she had asked that vascular services are discussed at the next tripartite meeting of the Welsh Government, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and the Wales Audit Office. That meeting will be taking place on Friday of this week.
Welsh: Llywydd, nid yw'n anodd i mi ymddiheuro o gwbl. Nid wyf i'n rhannu'r un safonau â'r Blaid Geidwadol, lle mae'r Prif Weinidog yn gwrthod ymddiheuro dro ar ôl tro am y pethau y bu mor uniongyrchol gyfrifol amdanyn nhw. Rwyf i wedi ymddiheuro yn y gorffennol am fethiannau'r bwrdd iechyd yn y gogledd, ac mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cymryd cyfres o gamau i gynorthwyo'r bwrdd iechyd i sicrhau bod y gwasanaethau y mae pobl yn eu cael o'r safon y mae ganddyn nhw'r hawl iddi. O ran gwasanaethau fasgwlar yn unig, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwneud buddsoddiad sylweddol yn seilwaith ffisegol y gwasanaeth yn Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, ac, o ganlyniad i'r cyllid y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi dod o hyd iddo ar gyfer y bwrdd iechyd hwnnw, mae chwe llawfeddyg fasgwlaidd ymgynghorol ychwanegol, radiolegydd ymyriadol ymgynghorol ychwanegol, pedwar meddyg iau fasgwlaidd, nyrsys arbenigol fasgwlaidd ychwanegol, a ward fasgwlaidd bwrpasol â 18 o welyau. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwneud popeth o fewn ein gallu i gefnogi'r bwrdd i unioni rhai o'r diffygion a nodwyd ynddo. Mae'n destun siom mawr dysgu bod safonau ymarfer proffesiynol yn y gwasanaeth hwn o hyd nad ydyn nhw'n cyfateb i'r safonau y mae gan bobl hawl i'w disgwyl gan y rhai sy'n uniongyrchol gyfrifol am y gofal clinigol hwnnw. Nododd fy nghyd-Weinidog Eluned Morgan yn ei datganiad ysgrifenedig ar 3 Chwefror y mesurau a fydd yn cael eu cymryd yn awr, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys gwaith goruchwylio'r gwasanaeth gan wasanaeth fasgwlaidd mawr y tu allan i Gymru i sicrhau bod goruchwyliaeth a chymorth amlddisgyblaethol ar gael. Dywedodd yn y datganiad ysgrifenedig hwnnw hefyd ei bod wedi gofyn i wasanaethau fasgwlaidd gael eu trafod yng nghyfarfod teirochrog nesaf Llywodraeth Cymru, Arolygiaeth Gofal Iechyd Cymru a Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru. Cynhelir y cyfarfod hwnnw ddydd Gwener yr wythnos hon.