English: I do welcome the expansion of medical school places, although I do regret that you didn't choose to announce that expansion here when this has been a topic that has exercised so many of us on so many occasions. We do have a shortage of doctors, as you're well aware, in certain disciplines such as general practice, paediatrics and rheumatology. Are you able, through these places, to seek to massage the workforce planning going forward and to ensure that we have people who might then be able to follow those kinds of specialisms? And given the shortage of doctors, I would be very interested to know how you evaluated that 40 additional places is what we need. Do we need more? Was that all the money you had available, or do you think that 40 is it, and that will suffice going forward? I noted in your written statement that you published earlier this week the intent that trainees will be able to undertake the totality of their medical training in north Wales, and their postgraduate training. Whilst further collaboration between Cardiff and Bangor is absolutely key in making that happen, what discussions, if any, have taken place with providers in the north-west of England, especially the hospitals that may be able to produce or to allow rotational work to be undertaken as part of that postgrad training? I'd be really interested to know whether or not you believe that we can do all of our postgrad training within north Wales itself, because we heard in our previous inquiry to the health and social care committee about some of the difficulties of producing or of being able to do some of that training, because we don't have all of those specialisms within our current structure up there in north Wales. Thank you.
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu'r penderfyniad i ehangu lleoedd ysgol feddygol, er rwy'n gresynu na wnaethoch ddewis cyhoeddi'r ehangu hwn yma o ystyried bod hwn yn bwnc sydd wedi'i drafod gan gymaint ohonom ar gynifer o achlysuron. Mae gennym brinder meddygon, fel rydych yn gwybod, mewn rhai disgyblaethau megis ymarfer cyffredinol, pediatreg a rhewmatoleg. A ydych, drwy'r lleoedd hyn, yn gallu datblygu cynlluniau'r gweithlu yn y dyfodol a sicrhau bod gennym bobl a fyddai'n gallu dilyn y mathau hynny o arbenigeddau wedyn? Ac o ystyried y prinder meddygon, hoffwn wybod sut y gwnaethoch werthuso mai 40 o leoedd ychwanegol rydym eu hangen. A ydym angen mwy? Ai dyna'r cyfan o arian a oedd ar gael, neu a ydych yn credu mai 40 rydym eu hangen, ac y bydd hynny'n ddigon yn y dyfodol? Yn y datganiad ysgrifenedig a gyhoeddwyd gennych yn gynharach yr wythnos hon, sylwais ar y bwriad i alluogi hyfforddeion i ymgymryd â'u hyfforddiant meddygol i gyd yng ngogledd Cymru, a'u hyfforddiant ôl-raddedig. Er bod cydweithio pellach rhwng Caerdydd a Bangor yn gwbl allweddol i sicrhau bod hynny'n digwydd, pa drafodaethau, os o gwbl, sydd wedi bod â darparwyr yng ngogledd-orllewin Lloegr, yn enwedig yr ysbytai a allai gynhyrchu neu ganiatáu gwaith ar batrwm cylch fel rhan o'r hyfforddiant ôl-raddedig? Hoffwn wybod a ydych yn credu y gallwn wneud ein hyfforddiant ôl-raddedig i gyd yng ngogledd Cymru ei hun ai peidio, oherwydd clywsom yn ein hymchwiliad blaenorol i'r pwyllgor iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol ynglŷn â rhai o'r anawsterau o ran cynhyrchu neu allu gwneud rhywfaint o'r hyfforddiant hwnnw, oherwydd nad oes gennym yr arbenigeddau hynny i gyd o fewn ein strwythur cyfredol yng ngogledd Cymru. Diolch.