English: Can I thank the Minister for her statement today? I genuinely welcome the announcement today. I certainly support the increased funding for the number of allied health professionals within the primary and community care settings. I certainly think that's the right move, particularly for the reasons you've outlined. I think it'll free up resources and allow people to be treated much closer to home. There are a number of questions I would ask following your statement today, Minister. Just to give us an understanding of how the funding's going to be allocated across Wales, how it's going to be allocated across the regions or the health boards. Just to give some assurance that the funding isn't going to be earmarked for one part of Wales, and that it is fairly, appropriately dispersed across the country. Also to get a sense of how many allied health professionals this will fund, as well. I'm assuming that this is a fund that will be annual funding. Obviously, we're creating these jobs, and it would have to be annual funding thereafter, I assume. So, just to get that confirmation. And also to understand where new allied health professionals would be located. I know very much, as part of the Welsh Conservatives' GP access plan, health and social care made some recommendations around allied health professionals being located in GP surgeries. So, just to get a sense of your understanding of where the allied health professionals would be located. Would they be in GP surgeries, community hospitals, a mixture? To get an understanding of that. The biggest concern for me is that there is simply a lack of trained professionals working within the allied health professions in Wales, so already there are some reports around internal markets, where health boards are having to compete with one another to attract AHPs, as there are simply not enough to meet the complex physical and mental healthcare needs of the country. So, just to get your view on that, Minister. I do appreciate there's a rise in funding for training placements, but that is quite small, so just to understand how you plan to fix the staffing gap within the workforce in order to reach the types of levels that Wales needs. I've also raised - I think last week in the debate, actually, Minister - I've regularly raised the issues around modernising our NHS digital systems as well. So, that would be necessary, I think, in this regard, to make sure there are secure ways for health professionals to communicate with each other, especially if they're moving home to home. I think what is needed is health professionals working on patients' case studies, understanding the patients' treatment plans for their outcomes. So, will there be any funding to upgrade these systems to create a more efficient service that will help allied health professionals?
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am ei datganiad heddiw? Rwyf wir yn croesawu'r cyhoeddiad heddiw. Yn sicr, rwy'n cefnogi'r cyllid cynyddol ar gyfer nifer y gweithwyr proffesiynol perthynol i iechyd o fewn y lleoliadau gofal sylfaenol a chymunedol. Yn sicr rwy'n credu mai dyna'r cam cywir, yn enwedig am y rhesymau yr ydych chi wedi'u hamlinellu. Rwy'n credu y bydd yn rhyddhau adnoddau ac yn caniatáu i bobl gael eu trin yn llawer agosach at adref. Mae nifer o gwestiynau y byddwn i'n eu gofyn yn dilyn eich datganiad heddiw, Gweinidog. Dim ond i roi dealltwriaeth i ni o sut bydd y cyllid yn cael ei ddyrannu ledled Cymru, sut mae'n mynd i gael ei ddyrannu ar draws y rhanbarthau neu'r byrddau iechyd. Dim ond i roi rhywfaint o sicrwydd nad yw'r arian yn mynd i gael ei glustnodi ar gyfer un rhan o Gymru, a'i fod wedi'i wasgaru'n deg, yn briodol ar draws y wlad. Hefyd i gael ymdeimlad o faint o weithwyr proffesiynol perthynol i iechyd y bydd hyn yn ei ariannu. Rwy'n tybio mai cronfa fydd yn ariannu yn flynyddol yw hon. Yn amlwg, rydyn ni'n creu'r swyddi hyn, a byddai'n rhaid iddo fod yn gyllid blynyddol wedi hynny, rwy'n tybio. Felly, dim ond i gael y cadarnhad hwnnw. A hefyd i ddeall lle byddai gweithwyr proffesiynol perthynol i iechyd newydd wedi'u lleoli. Rwy'n gwybod yn sicr, fel rhan o gynllun mynediad meddygon teulu y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig, gwnaeth iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol rai argymhellion ynghylch gweithwyr proffesiynol perthynol i iechyd wedi'u lleoli mewn meddygfeydd. Felly, dim ond i gael ymdeimlad o'ch dealltwriaeth o ble y byddai'r gweithwyr proffesiynol perthynol i iechyd yn cael eu lleoli. A fydden nhw mewn meddygfeydd, ysbytai cymunedol, cymysgedd? I gael dealltwriaeth o hynny. Y pryder mwyaf i mi yw bod diffyg gweithwyr proffesiynol wedi'u hyfforddi yn gweithio o fewn y proffesiynau perthynol i iechyd yng Nghymru, felly eisoes mae rhai adroddiadau ynghylch marchnadoedd mewnol, lle mae byrddau iechyd yn gorfod cystadlu â'i gilydd i ddenu AHPs, gan nad oes digon i ddiwallu anghenion gofal iechyd corfforol a meddyliol cymhleth y wlad. Felly, dim ond i gael eich barn ar hynny, Gweinidog. Rwy'n sylweddoli bod cynnydd mewn cyllid ar gyfer lleoliadau hyfforddiant, ond mae hynny'n eithaf bach, felly dim ond i ddeall sut rydych chi'n bwriadu trwsio'r bwlch staffio o fewn y gweithlu er mwyn cyrraedd y mathau o lefelau y mae Cymru eu hangen. Rwyf hefyd wedi codi - rwy'n credu yr wythnos diwethaf yn y ddadl, mewn gwirionedd, Gweinidog - rwyf wedi codi'r materion yn rheolaidd ynghylch moderneiddio systemau digidol y GIG hefyd. Felly, byddai hynny'n angenrheidiol, rwy'n credu, yn hyn o beth, i sicrhau bod ffyrdd diogel i weithwyr proffesiynol perthynol i iechyd gyfathrebu â'i gilydd, yn enwedig os ydyn nhw'n symud o gartref i gartref. Rwy'n credu mai'r hyn sydd ei angen yw gweithwyr iechyd proffesiynol sy'n gweithio ar astudiaethau achos cleifion, gan ddeall cynlluniau triniaeth y cleifion ar gyfer eu canlyniadau. Felly, a fydd unrhyw gyllid i uwchraddio'r systemau hyn i greu gwasanaeth mwy effeithlon a fydd yn helpu gweithwyr proffesiynol perthynol i iechyd?