English: You asked about a communication strategy. You'll know that there has been a very active communication strategy already, particularly with those who are waiting the longest. Your committee has written a very interesting report, and you'll know from that that the Living Well programme gives advice to people in terms of how they can live well while they're waiting for their operations. Obviously we'll be interested to see if and when other health boards will pick up on that. I will be requiring monthly briefings from my team, but I'm sure that they will be monitoring in real time what's been going on. If there are facilities that are not being used - in particular 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. full-time, all of the time - I'll want to know why, and I'm sure you'll be interested to know why as well. There is a target you can hold me to at the end of this year, in fact, as well, where we're saying that people should have their first appointment by the end of this year. We know that many - around 50 per cent, if not more - are waiting for that first initial appointment. So, hopefully, that will help us out. When it comes to e-prescribing, you know my frustrations, Russell, in relation to this. You'll know that I've put money on the table, but I can assure you that I'm on it. I had a meeting just yesterday to go through how we can speed up the process, because, as you know, I'm not satisfied with waiting for three years for that to happen, and I do think that that could potentially make a big difference in terms of people's time. You're quite right to focus on not just recruitment, because I think we do have pipelines of recruitment ongoing. We have about 78 per cent more nurses in training than we've had before. We've got about 97 per cent more midwives in training than we've had before. The real issue for me is retention - how do we keep people in the system. In order to do that, we need to incentivise, we need to make sure that there are opportunities for them to make more money, perhaps, through working longer hours. So, all of those things are opportunities for them. You're quite right to ask what help can a virtual consultation give. What it can do is the preparation work. Obviously, it's not going to help for the operation itself, but there's a lot of pre-op work that can be done virtually, and I think it's really important that that is done. But also, I think we've got to get people to understand that surgery is not always the only option and always the best option. I'm looking at your colleague behind who is an expert in this area, so I'm always very aware of the way I'm speaking when I have such an expert in the Chamber. I was speaking to somebody just this week who was told initially that he may need surgery on his shoulder, and now, actually, some intensive physio has corrected the problem. I think we do need to get people to understand that there are alternatives to surgery. When you talk about building back better, I was waiting for your surgical hubs, I was waiting for your question around what we're doing in terms of COVID-lite hubs, and I can tell you that, actually, some of these are already up and running. In Cardiff, for example, we have a cataract theatre where, between Cardiff and Swansea, we'll be seeing 600 people per month. That is already up and running. We are going to be seeing a new trauma and orthopaedic centre being developed in Aneurin Bevan in the Royal Gwent. That's going have £1 million, and that's going to see around 3,650 people regularly. There's going to be a new orthopaedic and spinal surgical unit in Swansea and Hywel Dda. That's going to be a green area, that's going to be separate, so it won't be knocked out by urgent care that comes in through the door. I know that's something that surgeons have been asking for. We're going to try and make sure that we separate these paths out as much as possible. It is quite difficult when all the beds are full. It is important that we try and maintain that flow through the system, but also that we have reserve beds, if we can, for surgery to be able to continue. Then, just in terms of waiting lists, obviously, the pandemic has knocked all of our plans out. We were actually improving as we went into the pandemic. In 2019 there were only 9,000 people waiting for 36 weeks. And I would ask you, Russell, to stop comparing apples and pears. The way that we count in Wales is very, very different from the way they count in England. First of all, it's not all about the numbers of people. So, when we see 700,000 people -
Welsh: Gofynnoch chi am strategaeth gyfathrebu. Byddwch yn gwybod bod strategaeth gyfathrebu weithgar iawn wedi bod eisoes, yn enwedig gyda'r rhai sy'n aros hiraf. Mae eich pwyllgor wedi ysgrifennu adroddiad diddorol iawn, a byddwch yn gwybod o hynny fod y rhaglen Byw'n Dda yn rhoi cyngor i bobl ar sut y gallan nhw fyw'n dda tra byddan nhw'n aros am eu llawdriniaethau. Yn amlwg, bydd gennym ddiddordeb mewn gweld a fydd byrddau iechyd eraill yn cymryd sylw o hynny a phryd. Byddaf yn gofyn am sesiynau briffio misol gan fy nhîm, ond rwy'n siŵr y byddan nhw'n monitro mewn amser real yr hyn sydd wedi bod yn digwydd. Os oes cyfleusterau nad ydyn nhw'n cael eu defnyddio - yn enwedig rhwng 9 a.m. a 5 p.m. llawn amser, drwy'r amser - byddaf eisiau gwybod pam, ac rwy'n siŵr y bydd gennych ddiddordeb mewn gwybod pam hefyd. Mae targed hefyd y gallwch fy nal i at fy addewid ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn hon, mewn gwirionedd, sef ein bod yn dweud y dylai pobl gael eu hapwyntiad cyntaf erbyn diwedd eleni. Rydym yn gwybod bod llawer - tua 50 y cant, os nad mwy - yn aros am yr apwyntiad cychwynnol cyntaf hwnnw. Felly, gobeithio y bydd hynny'n ein helpu. O ran e-ragnodi, fe wyddoch chi fy rhwystredigaeth ynghylch hyn, Russell. Byddwch chi'n gwybod fy mod i wedi rhoi arian ar y bwrdd, ond gallaf eich sicrhau fy mod ar drywydd hwn. Cefais gyfarfod ddoe i fynd drwy'r ffordd y gallwn gyflymu'r broses, oherwydd, fel y gwyddoch, nid wyf yn fodlon aros am dair blynedd i hynny ddigwydd, ac rwy'n credu y gallai hynny wneud gwahaniaeth mawr o bosibl o ran amser pobl. Rydych yn llygad eich lle wrth ganolbwyntio nid yn unig ar recriwtio, gan fy mod i'n credu bod gennym biblinellau recriwtio parhaus. Mae gennym tua 78 y cant yn fwy o nyrsys dan hyfforddiant nag a oedd gennym o'r blaen. Mae gennym tua 97 y cant yn fwy o fydwragedd dan hyfforddiant nag a oedd gennym o'r blaen. Y broblem wirioneddol i mi yw cadw - sut ydym yn cadw pobl yn y system. Er mwyn gwneud hynny, mae angen i ni gymell, mae angen i ni sicrhau bod cyfleoedd iddyn nhw wneud mwy o arian, efallai, drwy weithio oriau hwy. Felly, mae'r holl bethau hynny'n gyfleoedd iddyn nhw. Rydych yn llygad eich lle wrth ofyn pa gymorth y gall ymgynghoriad rhithwir ei roi. Yr hyn y gall ei wneud yw'r gwaith paratoi. Yn amlwg, nid yw'n mynd i helpu ar gyfer y llawdriniaeth ei hun, ond mae llawer o waith cyn llawdriniaeth y gellir ei wneud yn rhithwir, ac rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig iawn bod hynny'n cael ei wneud. Ond hefyd, rwy'n credu bod yn rhaid i ni gael pobl i ddeall nad llawdriniaeth yw'r unig ddewis bob tro na'r dewis gorau bob tro. Rwy'n edrych ar eich cyd-Aelod y tu ôl i chi sy'n arbenigwr yn y maes hwn, felly rwyf bob amser yn ymwybodol iawn o'r ffordd rwy'n siarad pan fydd gen i arbenigwr o'r fath yn y Siambr. Roeddwn i'n siarad â rhywun yr wythnos hon a gafodd wybod i ddechrau y gallai fod angen llawdriniaeth ar ei ysgwydd, a nawr, mewn gwirionedd, mae rhywfaint o ffisiotherapi dwys wedi cywiro'r broblem. Rwy'n credu bod angen i ni gael pobl i ddeall bod dewisiadau eraill heblaw llawdriniaeth. Wrth i chi sôn am ailgodi'n gryfach, roeddwn i'n aros am eich canolfannau llawfeddygol, roeddwn i'n aros am eich cwestiwn ynghylch yr hyn yr ydym yn ei wneud o ran canolfannau sy'n rhydd o COVID, a gallaf ddweud wrthych fod rhai o'r rhain eisoes ar waith. Yng Nghaerdydd, er enghraifft, mae gennym theatr cataract lle byddwn, rhwng Caerdydd ac Abertawe, yn gweld 600 o bobl y mis. Mae honno eisoes ar waith. Byddwn yn gweld canolfan trawma ac orthopedeg newydd yn cael ei datblygu yn Aneurin Bevan yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Gwent. Bydd honno'n cael £1 miliwn, a bydd yn gweld tua 3.650 o bobl yn rheolaidd. Bydd uned lawfeddygol orthopedig ac asgwrn cefn newydd yn Abertawe a Hywel Dda. Bydd honno'n ardal werdd a fydd ar wahân, felly ni fydd gofal brys sy'n dod i mewn drwy'r drws yn torri ar ei thraws. Rwy'n gwybod bod hynny'n rhywbeth y mae llawfeddygon wedi bod yn gofyn amdano. Rydym yn mynd i geisio sicrhau ein bod yn gwahanu'r llwybrau hyn gymaint â phosibl. Mae'n eithaf anodd pan fydd yr holl welyau'n llawn. Mae'n bwysig i ni geisio cynnal y llif hwnnw drwy'r system, ond hefyd fod gennym welyau wrth gefn, os gallwn, er mwyn i lawdriniaeth allu parhau. Yna, o ran rhestrau aros, yn amlwg, mae'r pandemig wedi difetha ein holl gynlluniau. Roeddem mewn gwirionedd yn gwella wrth i ni fynd i mewn i'r pandemig. Yn 2019 dim ond 9,000 o bobl oedd yn aros am 36 wythnos. A byddwn yn gofyn i chi, Russell, roi'r gorau i gymharu afalau a gellyg. Mae'r ffordd yr ydym yn cyfrif yng Nghymru yn wahanol iawn i'r ffordd y maen nhw'n cyfrif yn Lloegr. Yn gyntaf, nid yw'n ymwneud â nifer y bobl yn unig. Felly, pan welwn ni 700,000 o bobl -