Part of the debate – Senedd Cymru am 5:54 pm ar 4 Hydref 2017.
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd, a diolch i bawb sydd wedi cymryd rhan yn y ddadl y prynhawn yma. Rydym ni i gyd yn dod â phrofiad, onid ydym, at drafodaeth fel hyn. Mae rhai ohonom ni, fel Dr Dai Lloyd, yn dod â phrofiad proffesiynol, meddygol. Mae’r rhan fwyaf ohonom ni’n dod â phrofiad o siarad efo gweithwyr proffesiynol o fewn y gwasanaeth iechyd, a’r pwysau y maen nhw’n ei ddweud wrthym ni’n gyson sydd arnyn nhw, a phob un ohonom ni, heb os, yn siarad efo cleifion ynglŷn ag effaith y gwendidau efo cynllunio gweithlu ar eu triniaeth nhw o fewn y gwasanaeth iechyd.
Rydw i’n ddiolchgar i bawb am eu cyfraniadau nhw. Rydw i’n ddiolchgar i’r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet—yn sicr yn ddiolchgar am ei gadarnhad y bydd edrych ar hyfforddiant llawn israddedigion, o’r flwyddyn gyntaf hyd at y pumed, yn rhan o’r astudiaeth rŵan o ddatblygu addysg feddygol yn y gogledd. Rwy’n edrych ymlaen at weld y broses honno yn parhau yn unol â’r cytundeb cyn y gyllideb.
Beth rydym ni wedi’i gael, mewn difrif, ydy ailadrodd yr hyn yr ydym ni yn ei glywed gan y Llywodraeth dro ar ôl tro yn gyffredinol ynglŷn â beth sydd eisoes yn cael ei wneud.
We get this reiteration from the Cabinet Secretary of what the Government is already doing. You can’t continue to keep on doing the same thing time and time again and expect to get different outcomes. I understand that the Cabinet Secretary is trying to manage the NHS within very difficult constraints, not least because of policies of Tory austerity. I absolutely recognise that, but it’s not a management that we need because of the deep problems that we have within the NHS in Wales, but a real vision about a way forward. I’m afraid that the Member for Islwyn epitomises much of the problem that we have in that, yes, she paints a rosy picture of what Labour has done for the NHS that she dearly loves, and we all dearly love, but, when you have a party that has been running the NHS in Wales for 18 years, the failure to be able to admit the depth of the problems shows that—. [Interruption.] That is because to admit to those would mean they are your problems and problems that you have created. Unless we recognise the depth of the problems, we cannot move forward with visionary changes that can lead to a more sustainable NHS for the future.
And, yes, you praise the Cabinet Secretary, and I don’t doubt for a second that he is a very, very hard-working Cabinet Secretary. But you know what? I’m not interested in how many hours he puts in in his work. He may be here first thing in the morning before anybody else. He may be the last one out of the Government offices at the end of the day. I’m interested in how high he sets the bar, how ambitious he’s willing to be, how innovative he’s willing to be for the NHS and for patients in Wales. I want to see that; the NHS needs to see that.