English: Well, I'm not going to get drawn into a fantasy list of hypothetical questions about a manifesto that is yet to be published. There is, though, a real issue in the comments that Mark Reckless has made, and that's the future of our consultant workforce in particular, but, more broadly than that, senior staff within the national health service. There is the unresolved challenge of our future relationship with Europe. And it's a matter of fact that both the General Medical Council and the British Medical Association have stated that, in surveys of their membership, a number of our European Union nationals are making preparations to potentially leave the United Kingdom, depending on the outcome of our future relationship with Europe. The bigger issue, though, in the here and now is the challenges about tax and pensions. We just need to be clear about this: changes to tax and pension rules introduced by the UK Government have had a real impact upon staff within the national health service. They've led to unexpected and higher taxation bills; they've also led to doctors in particular withdrawing from providing part of the service. It's a genuine UK-wide issue, directly caused by changes introduced by the UK Government when the Member was in fact a Conservative Member of Parliament. But more than that, I have written to, I have corresponded with, I have spoken with UK health Ministers - I've written to the Treasury about this as well - asking them to undo the damage that they have done. Because it will cost our national health service the goodwill of our staff that we've burned up and potentially lost for good. More than that, to recover the additional lists that we have lost, we'll probably end up paying more in the independent sector; it will cost us more to provide the same activity. And the solution on offer in England is not a long-term answer. They're using public funds to undo the damage done by a different decision in another part of Government. I issued a statement last week that highlighted that 15,000 patient treatment episodes in Wales over five months have been impacted by the tax and pension changes. It really is time for an attack of common sense in the United Kingdom to undo the damage they have done to our national health service, to our staff, and, in particular, the people who rely on the health service itself.
Welsh: Wel, nid wyf i'n mynd i gael fy nhynnu i mewn i restr ffantasi o gwestiynau damcaniaethol am faniffesto nad yw wedi ei gyhoeddi eto. Fodd bynnag, mae problem wirioneddol yn y sylwadau y mae Mark Reckless wedi eu gwneud, sef dyfodol ein gweithlu meddygon ymgynghorol yn arbennig, ond, yn ehangach na hynny, staff uwch yn y gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol. Ceir yr her sydd heb ei datrys o'n perthynas ag Ewrop yn y dyfodol. Ac mae'n ffaith bod y Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol a Chymdeithas Feddygol Prydain wedi datgan, mewn arolygon o'u haelodaeth, bod nifer o'n gwladolion o'r Undeb Ewropeaidd yn gwneud paratoadau i adael y Deyrnas Unedig o bosibl, yn dibynnu ar ganlyniad ein perthynas ag Ewrop yn y dyfodol. Y mater mwy, fodd bynnag, ar hyn o bryd yw'r heriau ynghylch treth a phensiynau. Mae angen i ni fod yn eglur am hyn: mae newidiadau i reolau treth a phensiwn a gyflwynwyd gan Lywodraeth y DU wedi cael effaith wirioneddol ar staff yn y gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol. Maen nhw wedi arwain at filiau treth annisgwyl ac uwch; maen nhw hefyd wedi golygu bod meddygon yn arbennig yn tynnu'n ôl o ddarparu rhan o'r gwasanaeth. Mae'n broblem wirioneddol ar draws y DU gyfan, sy'n cael ei hachosi yn uniongyrchol gan newidiadau a gyflwynwyd gan Lywodraeth y DU pan yr oedd yr Aelod mewn gwirionedd yn Aelod Seneddol Ceidwadol. Ond yn fwy na hynny, rwyf i wedi ysgrifennu at, rwyf i wedi gohebu â, rwyf i wedi siarad â Gweinidogion iechyd y DU - rwyf i wedi ysgrifennu at y Trysorlys am hyn hefyd - gan ofyn iddyn nhw ddadwneud y niwed y maen nhw wedi ei wneud. Oherwydd bydd yn costio i'r gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol ewyllys da ein staff yr ydym ni wedi ei losgi ac o bosibl wedi ei golli am byth. Yn fwy na hynny, i adennill y rhestrau ychwanegol yr ydym ni wedi eu colli, mae'n debyg y byddwn ni'n talu mwy yn y sector annibynnol yn y pen draw; bydd yn costio mwy i ni ddarparu'r un gweithgarwch. Ac nid yw'r ateb a gynigir yn Lloegr yn ateb tymor hir. Maen nhw'n defnyddio arian cyhoeddus i ddadwneud y difrod a wnaed gan benderfyniad gwahanol mewn rhan arall o'r Llywodraeth. Cyhoeddais ddatganiad yr wythnos diwethaf a oedd yn tynnu sylw at y ffaith bod y newidiadau treth a phensiwn wedi effeithio ar 15,000 o gyfnodau triniaeth cleifion yng Nghymru dros bum mis. Mae wir yn amser am ymosodiad o synnwyr cyffredin yn y Deyrnas Unedig i ddadwneud y niwed y maen nhw wedi ei wneud i'n gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol, i'n staff, ac, yn arbennig, i'r bobl sy'n dibynnu ar y gwasanaeth iechyd ei hun.