English: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I'm very pleased to move this motion on behalf of myself, Dai Lloyd and David Rees. It's being supported by Delyth Jewell, but I'm sure it would have been supported by more Members across the Chamber had we had more time to table it. I'd like to commend the Royal College of Nursing report to this Chamber. It contains robust research. It highlights progress in the implementation of the Act, where that has been delivered, but it also calls out, questions, where things are not going as well as they should. It sets out a series of questions for each health board with regard to their implementation of the Act, and nine detailed recommendations for the Welsh Government covering a number of issues, including the need for more robust implementation monitoring, more support for front-line nurses raising concerns about the effective implementation of the legislation, and the development of a national IT pathway to support the implementation. The report's recommendations also focus on retention, and this, of course, is reflected in our motion. Now we have, of course, and must acknowledge that the Minister has made, some progress with regard to nursing recruitment and with the nursing workforce - more training placements, for example. But retention continues to be a really serious issue, and this report calls for the Welsh Government to require all health boards to have a retention strategy as part of a national retention strategy. That national retention strategy needs, they say, to include a national approach to flexible working. We must have a long-term approach to the retention of our nursing staff. We've been talking for 20 years, to my knowledge, about the need for flexible working. Of course, there are challenges, and it's very important to keep nursing settings effectively staffed. But flexible working is the norm in most professions now, and local health boards have not acted and we need national leadership. There are, of course, bodies of good practice. But, once again, we face this issue that good practice is not being effectively shared.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Rwy'n falch iawn o wneud y cynnig hwn ar ran Dai Lloyd, David Rees a minnau. Mae Delyth Jewell yn ei gefnogi, ond rwy'n siŵr y byddai wedi cael cefnogaeth gan fwy o Aelodau ar draws y Siambr pe baem wedi cael mwy o amser i'w gyflwyno. Hoffwn ganmol adroddiad y Coleg Nyrsio Brenhinol i'r Siambr hon. Mae'n cynnwys ymchwil gadarn. Mae'n tynnu sylw at y cynnydd ar weithredu'r Ddeddf, lle mae hynny wedi'i gyflawni, ond mae hefyd yn galw, yn cwestiynu, lle nad yw pethau'n mynd cystal ag y dylent. Mae'n nodi cyfres o gwestiynau ar gyfer pob bwrdd iechyd mewn perthynas â gweithredu'r Ddeddf, a naw argymhelliad manwl ar gyfer Llywodraeth Cymru sy'n ymdrin â nifer o faterion, gan gynnwys yr angen i fonitro'r gweithredu yn fwy cadarn, mwy o gefnogaeth i nyrsys rheng flaen sy'n codi pryderon ynghylch gweithredu'r ddeddfwriaeth yn effeithiol, a datblygu llwybr TG cenedlaethol i gefnogi'r gweithredu. Mae argymhellion yr adroddiad hefyd yn canolbwyntio ar gadw staff, ac mae hyn, wrth gwrs, wedi'i adlewyrchu yn ein cynnig. Nawr, rydym wedi, ac wrth gwrs, mae'n rhaid i ni gydnabod bod y Gweinidog wedi gwneud rhywfaint o gynnydd mewn perthynas â recriwtio nyrsys a chyda'r gweithlu nyrsio - mwy o leoliadau hyfforddi, er enghraifft. Ond mae cadw staff yn parhau i fod yn broblem ddifrifol iawn, ac mae'r adroddiad hwn yn galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i'w gwneud yn ofynnol i bob bwrdd iechyd lunio strategaeth gadw staff fel rhan o strategaeth gadw staff genedlaethol. Mae'n rhaid i'r strategaeth gadw staff genedlaethol honno, dywedant, gynnwys ymagwedd genedlaethol tuag at weithio hyblyg. Mae'n rhaid inni gael dull hirdymor ar gyfer cadw ein staff nyrsio. Rydym wedi bod yn sôn ers 20 mlynedd, hyd y gwn i, am yr angen am weithio hyblyg. Wrth gwrs, mae heriau i'w cael, ac mae'n bwysig iawn sicrhau bod lleoliadau nyrsio wedi'u staffio'n effeithiol. Ond gweithio hyblyg yw'r norm yn y rhan fwyaf o broffesiynau bellach, ac nid yw byrddau iechyd lleol wedi gweithredu ac mae angen arweinyddiaeth genedlaethol arnom. Mae arferion da i'w cael, wrth gwrs. Ond unwaith eto, rydym yn wynebu'r broblem nad yw arferion da yn cael eu rhannu'n effeithiol.