Mae mynediad at ofal deintyddol y gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol wedi gwella’n sylweddol dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf er bod anawsterau’n parhau mewn rhai ardaloedd. Mae cyllidebau a’r cyfrifoldeb dros ddarparu gwasanaethau deintyddol yn nwylo’r byrddau iechyd ac maen nhw’n gweithio i fynd i’r afael â’r bylchau yn y ddarpariaeth drwy gomisiynu rhagor o wasanaethau.

Mae’r mwyafrif helaeth o bobl Cymru yn fodlon iawn â’r gofal maen nhw’n ei gael gan y gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol. Rydym ni’n gweithio gyda’r gwasanaeth iechyd a meddygon teulu i wella mynediad fel rhan o’n rhaglen i ddiwygio contract a gwasanaeth.

We are committed to delivering a sustainable social care sector with a valued and supported workforce. We brought forward the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 to provide greater flexibility for providers to ensure the level of nursing staff is appropriate to the needs of individuals.

I have regular accountability meetings with health boards and trusts. These meetings allow me to challenge and assess organisational delivery and performance against agreed integrated medium-term plans, planning objectives and support achievement of the outcomes and indicators as set out in the national outcome and delivery framework.

I have commissioned a review of eating disorder services following the publication of new NICE guidelines in 2017. The review started in early 2018 and is being led by Dr Jacinta Tan of Swansea University. It is considering all aspects of service provision and will report later in 2018.