Rydym wedi bod yn ymwybodol ers amser bellach fod y perygl i blant a phobl ifanc o gael salwch difrifol neu o farw yn isel iawn. Rydym wedi bod yn gweithio gyda’n byrddau iechyd ers yr haf y llynedd i weithredu cyngor y Coleg Brenhinol Pediatreg ac Iechyd Plant, a awgrymodd mai ychydig iawn o blant yn unig ddylai warchod eu hunain. Bydd y cyngor newydd hwn yn golygu dileu’r oddeutu 2,700 o blant a phobl ifanc sy’n dal i fod ar y rhestr yng Nghymru.
We have been aware for some time that the risk to children of serious illness or death is extremely low. We have been working with our health boards since last summer to implement the advice of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, who suggested that very few children needed to shield. This new advice will mean the removal of the approx. 2,700 children and young people who remain on the list in Wales.