English: Absolutely, it's a great thing, Carolyn, and I will touch on that later in my speech, about some of the intricacies of that. One of the biggest lunacies of this agenda was when they closed the Conwy community hospital in 2003 to pave the way for the expansion of Llandudno General Hospital, which was subsequently downgraded to community status just a few years later. You couldn't make it up. Then, north Wales saw the introduction of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in 2009, which took the place of the three localised health boards in North East Wales NHS Trust, Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust, and North West Wales NHS Trust. And, since the formation of Betsi Cadwaladr, we've seen many of the long-term issues compounded, and it's widely regarded that the size of the board is far too big for its needs. So, I'd be interested to see what the Government think on that point in responding to the debate, on how we manage this problem and make sure that the people of north Wales truly have a health service that represents the local people's health needs. You've been in charge of this for so many years down here in Cardiff, Minister, and it's time that you really think seriously about this, as north Wales's health board is disproportionately worse performing than any other in Wales, and possibly even the UK at a stretch. So, it's time to up our game and get real about the severity of the problems in north Wales. One success story was the opening of Holywell Community Hospital in 2009, complete with community wards, allied health professionals and a minor injuries unit. And this was widely seen as a model for the plans for the construction of north Denbighshire community hospital in Rhyl, which has been promised by Labour politicians -
Welsh: Yn bendant, mae'n wych, Carolyn, a byddaf yn crybwyll hynny yn nes ymlaen yn fy araith, a rhai o fanylion hynny. Un o'r pethau mwyaf gwallgof yn yr agenda hon oedd cau ysbyty cymunedol Conwy yn 2003 i baratoi'r ffordd ar gyfer ehangu Ysbyty Cyffredinol Llandudno, a gafodd ei israddio wedyn i statws cymunedol ychydig flynyddoedd yn ddiweddarach. Mae'n anhygoel. Yna, gwelodd gogledd Cymru gyflwyno Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr yn 2009 i gymryd lle'r tri bwrdd iechyd lleol, Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gogledd Ddwyrain Cymru, Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Conwy a sir Ddinbych, ac Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gogledd Orllewin Cymru. Ac ers ffurfio Betsi Cadwaladr, rydym wedi gweld llawer o'r problemau hirdymor yn dwysáu, ac ystyrir yn eang fod maint y bwrdd yn llawer rhy fawr i'w anghenion. Felly, byddai gennyf ddiddordeb mewn gweld beth yw barn y Llywodraeth ar y pwynt hwnnw wrth ymateb i'r ddadl, a sut rydym yn rheoli'r broblem hon ac yn gwneud yn siŵr fod gan bobl gogledd Cymru wasanaeth iechyd sy'n cynrychioli anghenion iechyd y bobl leol yn iawn. Rydych chi wedi bod yn gyfrifol am hyn ers cymaint o flynyddoedd i lawr yma yng Nghaerdydd, Weinidog, ac mae'n bryd ichi feddwl o ddifrif am hyn, gan fod bwrdd iechyd gogledd Cymru yn perfformio'n anghymesur waeth na'r un arall yng Nghymru, ac o bosibl yn y DU hyd yn oed. Felly, mae'n bryd inni wneud mwy a wynebu realiti difrifoldeb y problemau yng ngogledd Cymru. Un stori lwyddiant oedd agor Ysbyty Cymunedol Treffynnon yn 2009, gyda wardiau cymunedol, gweithwyr proffesiynol perthynol i iechyd ac uned mân anafiadau. A châi hyn ei weld yn eang fel model i'r cynlluniau ar gyfer adeiladu ysbyty cymunedol gogledd sir Ddinbych yn y Rhyl, a addawyd gan wleidyddion Llafur -