Yn eu hanfod, yr hyn mae safonau’n gwneud yw adeiladu ar y Cynlluniau Iaith Gymraeg. Mae’r Mesur yn sefydlu sylfaen gyfreithiol o orfodi cydymffurfiaeth gyda dyletswyddau yn ymwneud â’r Gymraeg. Rydym ar fin dechrau ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus ar Reoliadau drafft i wneud safonau’n benodol gymwys i gyrff o fewn y sector iechyd. Mae hwn mewn ymateb i adroddiad safonau’r Comisiynydd i’r sector, a nododd argymhelliad y dylid edrych ar sut all Safonau weithio o fewn y sector gofal sylfaenol. Rydym am i’r drafodaeth hon ffocysu ar wella gwasanaethau trwy’r Gymraeg. Mae darparu gwasanaethau o fewn y sector iechyd yn fater emosiynol, ac rydym yn awyddus i gael trafodaeth agored ac ystyrlon gyda’r sector am sut i wella gwasanaethau drwy’r Gymraeg.
What the standards do in essence is to build on Welsh Language Schemes. The measure provides a legal basis to enforce compliance with Welsh language duties. We are about to commence a public consultation on draft Regulations to make standards specifically applicable to bodies within the health sector. This is in response to the commissioner’s investigation report into the sector, which recommended looking at how standards could be applied within primary care. We want the focus of this discussion to be about improving the provision of Welsh language services. The provision of services within the health service is unavoidably an emotive issue, and we want to engage in an open and meaningful discussion with the sector to improve Welsh language services.