Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig y Cynulliad a gyflwynwyd ar 16 Mawrth 2015 i'w hateb ar 23 Mawrth 2015

R - Yn dynodi bod yr Aelod wedi datgan buddiant.
W - Yn dynodi bod y cwestiwn wedi'i gyflwyno yn Gymraeg.

(Dangosir rhif gwreiddiol y Cwestiwn mewn cromfachau)

Rhaid cyflwyno Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig o leiaf bum diwrnod gwaith cyn y disgwylir iddynt gael eu hateb.  Yn ymarferol, bydd Gweinidogion yn ceisio ateb o fewn saith neu wyth diwrnod ond nid oes rheidrwydd arnynt i wneud hynny.  Caiff yr atebion eu cyhoeddi yn yr iaith y maent yn cael eu darparu, gyda chyfieithiad i'r Saesneg o ymatebion a ddarperir yn Gymraeg.

Gofyn i Brif Weinidog Cymru

Leanne Wood (Canol De Cymru): Pa asesiad y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i wneud o'r amser sydd ei angen i sicrhau y caniateir i bobl 16 oed bleidleisio erbyn etholiad y Cynulliad ym mis Mai 2016? (WAQ WAQ68481)

Y Prif Weinidog o Cymru (Carwyn Jones): To have complied with the Electoral Commission’s recommendation that changes to rules relating to elections should be in place six months before the polls, the necessary Assembly Bill would need to secure Royal Assent by the end of September 2015 at the latest. No such Bill can however come forward until Parliament has legislated to devolve the necessary legislative competence to the Assembly, and there are no proposals for that to happen in the current Parliament.

Leanne Wood (Canol De Cymru): Pa drafodaethau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'u cael gyda Llywodraeth y DU i sicrhau bod digon o amser i ganiatáu i bobl ifanc 16 a 17 oed i bleidleisio yn etholiad y Cynulliad yn 2016, yn dilyn y pwerau a amlinellir yn mhapur gorchymyn Dydd Gŵyl Dewi? (WAQ68482)

Y Prif Weinidog o Cymru (Carwyn Jones): Together with you and the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, I wrote to the Secretary of State about this matter earlier this year, before the St David’s Day Command Paper was published. Publication of the Command Paper does not change the position as set out in the Secretary of State’s reply, as the Paper relates to legislative proposals for the next Parliament.

Gofyn i'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Pa ystyriaeth y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i rhoi i ymestyn Rhaglen Sgrinio Ymlediadau Aortig Abdomenol Cymru i bob dyn dros 65 oed sydd heb gael ei sgrinio eto? (WAQ68488)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 26 Mawrth 2015

Y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol (Mark Drakeford): The Wales Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (WAAASP) was launched in May 2013 and offers screening to male residents of 65 years-of-age in Wales.  In January 2014, WAAASP established a Task and Finish Group to consider the implementation of the extension of the programme to men over 65 and living in Wales, who request AAA screening (self-referrals). The recommendations of that Group have been considered by the Wales Screening Committee and I expect to receive the Committee’s advice soon.

Lynne Neagle (Torfaen): Pa gamau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd i sicrhau bod cleifion yng Nghymru yn parhau i gael mynediad i dreialon clinigol priodol sy'n cael eu cynnal yn Lloegr? (WAQ68489)

Y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol (Mark Drakeford): As part of the treatment options offered to patients, we recognise that clinical trials have a significant and relevant role to play. This is because they have the potential to offer early access to the newest forms of treatment together with the highest standards of medical care.  

Through continued investment in health and social care research and development, our aim is that Wales hosts and supports as many trials as possible in order to offer clinical trials opportunities to patients in Welsh organisations. However, on occasion, this may not be possible across all disease areas and we therefore support referrals to specialist expertise and centres that may be outside Wales.

Patients can be referred to trials through normal medical consultations. The National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR) has a scheme to meet the research related treatment costs for patients irrelevant of setting and will continue to liaise with English organisations to agree these costs. (These costs are normally covered for commercially sponsored research).

Lynne Neagle (Torfaen): Pa gamau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd i sicrhau bod meddygon teulu yn cael hyfforddiant/arweiniad wrth wneud atgyfeiriadau at Gwasanaethau Iechyd Meddwl Plant a'r Glasoed arbenigol yng Nghymru? (WAQ68490)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 26 Mawrth 2015

Mark Drakeford: In April 2013, a Direct Enhanced Service (DES) giving GP practices the choice of one of five training topics each year for the whole team was introduced. One of the five topics was:

This DES provides funding for primary care to undertake training where appropriate.

It is the responsibility of health boards to ensure effective referral pathways between primary and secondary care.  Supporting this, in 2013, Welsh Government published professional advice for service planners, developed by a multiagency national expert reference group of practitioners working in the field of young people's mental wellbeing.  While not limited to GPs it details how services should work together to address young people's mental ill-health and includes advice on the common presenting complaints, behaviours and conditions that may require specialist CAMHS involvement and guidelines and standards for referrals.

Eluned Parrott (Canol De Cymru): Pa ganllawiau a roddir i Fyrddau Iechyd Lleol ar ymdrin â chwynion, o ystyried yr achos a ddygwyd at eich sylw yn ddiweddar ynghylch etholwr a arhosodd 2.25 awr am ambiwlans a 4.5 awr yn yr ysbyty i gael ei archwilio gan feddyg yr wyf yn parhau i aros am ymateb sylweddol gan y Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol yn ei gylch? (WAQ68491)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 26 Mawrth 2015

Mark Drakeford: The Putting Things Right procedure was introduced in April 2011 and provides robust arrangements for investigating and learning lessons from all concerns, including agreeing from the outset the nature of the concern, being open when mistakes have been made, sharing reports and involving patients and families.  An independent review of the process was undertaken last year and its findings published in July 2014. The recommendations are being taken forward both locally by health boards and NHS trusts and nationally through the National Quality Safety Forum.