Bydd cam cyntaf Rhaglen Hyfforddiant Ymwybyddiaeth Anableddau Dysgu Paul Ridd ar gyfer staff gofal iechyd, yr hyfforddiant Lefel Sylfaen, yn dechrau ar 1 Ebrill. Bydd yn allweddol i ‘leihau anghydraddoldebau iechyd i bobl ag anableddau dysgu’, ac mae’n un o’r deilliannau allweddol yn rhaglen Gwella Bywydau Anableddau Dysgu Llywodraeth Cymru 2018. Mae’r cam cyntaf, sy’n cael ei hyrwyddo gan Sefydliad Paul Ridd a Mencap Cymru wedi bod yn gydweithrediad rhwng Gwella Cymru ynghyd â Llywodraeth Cymru, Sefydliad Paul Ridd, pobl ag anableddau dysgu, Prifysgol De Cymru, y gwasanaethau iechyd a’r trydydd sector.
The first phase of the Paul Ridd Learning Disability Awareness Training Programme for healthcare staff, the Foundation Level training, will start on April 1st and will be a key driver in ‘reducing health inequalities for people with a learning disability, and is a key outcome within the Welsh Government’s 2018 Learning Disability Improving Lives programme. This first phase, championed by the Paul Ridd Foundation and Mencap Cymru has been a collaboration between Improvement Cymru together with the Welsh Government, the Paul Ridd Foundation, people with a learning disability, the University of South Wales, health services and the third sector.