Ymatebais i alwad y Pwyllgor am dystiolaeth drwy gydnabod y pwysau sy'n wynebu gwasanaethau endosgopi yng Nghymru. Nodais fod nifer y triniaethau endosgopi diagnostig y mae angen eu darparu yn cynyddu oherwydd newidiadau yn y boblogaeth, trothwy is ar gyfer ymchwilio i achosion lle mae amheuaeth o ganser, yr angen cynyddol i gadw gwyliadwriaeth am ganser, a'r angen i ehangu’r rhaglen sgrinio coluddion. Mae'r pwysau hyn wedi golygu bod y galw am endosgopi yn llawer iawn mwy na'r capasiti craidd sydd ar gael. Rhoddodd y Grŵp Gweithredu ar Endosgopi gyngor i'r GIG a Llywodraeth Cymru a oedd yn awgrymu bod angen mwy o gyfarwyddyd ar gyfer mynd i'r afael â'r mater hwn. Felly, cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth Cymru ddull cenedlaethol newydd ar gyfer endosgopi ym mis Medi 2018, wedi'i gefnogi gan ddyraniad blynyddol o £1m i alluogi'r rhaglen waith genedlaethol.
I responded the Committee’s call for evidence by recognising the pressures facing endoscopy services in Wales. I set out how the number of diagnostic endoscopy procedures required is increasing due to population changes, a decreasing threshold for suspected cancer investigation, increasing need for cancer surveillance and the need to expand the bowel cancer screening programme. These pressures have resulted in endoscopy demand becoming significantly out of balance with the available core capacity. The Endoscopy Implementation Group provided advice to the NHS and Welsh Government that indicated a more directive approach is required to addressing this issue. Therefore, the Welsh Government announced a new nationally directed approach for endoscopy in September 2018, supported by an annual allocation of £1m to enable the national work programme.