Beth y mae'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet yn ei wneud i fynd i'r afael â'r anghydraddoldeb mewn amseroedd ymateb galwadau coch o fewn 8 munud rhwng 41 y cant ar gyfer Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg ar hyn o bryd a 52 y cant ar gyfer Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a'r Fro?
Ambulance responsiveness is not where I, the NHS nor the public want it to be.
Many factors are contributing to make it difficult to achieve the ambulance response time target, including increasing demand, ambulance handover delays at hospitals, which reduce available capacity, discharge delays within the healthcare system and higher-than-normal levels of staff sickness absence.
I am concerned about the levels of handover delays reported at emergency departments in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB area. I have been clear with the health board about the need to release ambulance crews from emergency departments quickly to support faster response times to those in most need.
The health board has a Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care programme plan, supported by £2.7m in additional Welsh Government funding. Successful delivery of this plan should support improvements across a range of measures, including a reduction of ambulance handover delays, contributing to improved ambulance responsiveness.
We are monitoring delivery of health board plans and expect to see improvements in reducing ambulance handover delays.