Mae sawl agwedd ar ein system iechyd a gofal yn gweithredu i'r eithaf wrth geisio darparu gofal a thriniaeth hanfodol. Bu'n rhaid cyfyngu ar weithgarwch rheolaidd ysbytai ac mae gwasanaethau gofal cartref a chartrefi gofal yn profi cyfyngiadau tebyg. Ynghyd â'r pwysau arferol a welir yn ystod y gaeaf, mae hyn wedi arwain at gryn bwysau. Gwaethygir y sefyllfa gan y cynnydd sylweddol yn nifer y cleifion sydd â'r haint sydd bellach mewn gwelyau ysbyty ac unedau gofal critigol.
Many aspects of our health and care system are stretched to the limit as they seek to provide essential care and treatment. Routine activity in hospitals has had to be limited and domiciliary care and care homes are experiencing similar constraints on the services they can provide. Together with normal winter pressures, this has resulted in very high levels of pressure. The situation is compounded by the significant increase in the numbers of patients suffering from covid that are now in hospital beds and in critical care.