Er bod y rhaglen Panorama wedi canolbwyntio’n benodol ar gartref i bobl sydd ag anableddau dysgu, anghenion cymhleth neu ymddygiad heriol, mae yna wersi i’w dysgu ynghylch diogelu a gofalu am bawb sy’n agored i niwed yng Nghymru. Gallaf ddatgan y byddwn ni’n defnyddio pwerau deddfu newydd Llywodraeth Cymru i gyflwyno Mesur Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol sydd wedi’i seilio ar adolygiad trylwyr o’r fframwaith deddfwriaethol a rheoleiddio presennol. Bydd yn cynnwys darpariaethau i gryfhau trefniadau diogelu mewn perthynas â phobl agored i niwed yng Nghymru. Rhaid gwneud popeth o fewn ein gallu i sicrhau na fydd y cam-drin erchyll a ddigwyddodd i’r bobl agored i niwed yng Nghartref Gofal Winterbourne View byth yn digwydd yng Nghymru.
Although the particular focus of the Panorama programme was a home for people with learning disabilities, complex needs or challenging behaviour there are lessons to be learnt about the care and safeguarding of all vulnerable people in Wales. I can advise that we will be using the Welsh Government’s new legislative powers to introduce a Social Services Bill, based on a thorough review of the current legislative and regulatory framework, that will include provisions to strengthen safeguarding arrangements for vulnerable people in Wales. We must all do all we can to ensure that the appalling abuse suffered by vulnerable people in Winterbourne View Care Home never happens in Wales.