Primary care has an excellent future in Wales as the mainstay of a sustainable health system for future generations. We continue to invest further in primary care to increase the capacity and capability of the workforce, providing better access to more services within communities including services in the Cynon Valley.

We are working closely with the NHS to deliver a major programme of improvements in CAMHS. The additional £8 million a year investment made in 2015 is already showing benefits with a 42 per cent reduction in young people waiting over 16 weeks from its peak in September 2015, compared to July 2016.

Rwy’n disgwyl i fyrddau iechyd lleol wneud y defnydd mwyaf posibl o unedau mân anafiadau, a’r holl adnoddau eraill sydd ar gael iddynt, i roi mynediad prydlon i gleifion nad oes ganddynt anaf difrifol ond y gallent fod angen cael eu hasesu a’u trin. Dylai hyn fod yn rhan o system gofal heb ei drefnu integredig.

I expect health boards to ensure that all patients, both new and follow-up, are seen in a timely manner based on clinical need.

Work to tackle drug and alcohol addiction is undertaken through our substance misuse delivery plan 2016-18, which was published last month. The actions in the plan support our ambitions in ‘Taking Wales Forward’. We commit nearly £50 million per annum to this agenda, with a focus on reducing the harm substance misuse causes individuals, families and communities.

Health boards are progressing with significant investment in neonatal services in both north and south Wales. This will further support the steady improvements in every health board’s achievement of the all-Wales neonatal standards since 2008.

Rwy’n disgwyl i fyrddau iechyd gynllunio a threfnu gwasanaethau sy’n diwallu anghenion eu pobl. Mae hyn yn cynnwys darparu digon o welyau ysbyty, y bernir eu bod yn angenrheidiol o safbwynt clinigol, i fodloni’r galw a ddisgwylir yn lleol. Dylid gwneud hyn gan gadw mewn cof bod y galw yn codi ac yn syrthio gydol y flwyddyn.