Am fod y gweithgor pediatrig ar gam datblygedig yn y broses, cytunais ym mis Ebrill y llynedd i ariannu swydd arweinydd prosiect am ddwy flynedd er mwyn helpu i gyflymu cynnydd ffrwd waith y wardiau pediatrig. Mae'r arweinydd prosiect hwn wedi bod yn ymgymryd â'r swydd yn Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru ers mis Ionawr, ac mae'n arwain y gwaith o ddatblygu adnodd pediatrig Lefelau Gofal Cymru. Mae disgwyl i hyn gymryd yr un faint o amser (dwy flynedd) ag a gymerodd i ddatblygu Lefelau Gofal Cymru ar gyfer oedolion. Yn fy marn i, wardiau pediatrig yw'r lleoliad ychwanegol mwyaf tebygol a fydd yn barod i gael ei gynnwys yn y Ddeddf erbyn diwedd tymor y llywodraeth hon. Un fantais arall o benodi'r arweinydd prosiect yw bod adnoddau wedi cael eu rhyddhau o fewn Rhaglen Staff Nyrsio Cymru Gyfan er mwyn canolbwyntio ar ddatblygu'r pedair ffrwd waith arall.
Due to the advanced stage of the paediatrics working group, in April last year I agreed to fund a two-year post for a project lead to help accelerate the progress of the paediatrics work stream. This project lead has been in post within Public Health Wales since January and is leading the development of a paediatric WLOC tool. This is expected to take approximately the same amount of time (2 years) as the development of the adult WLOC. My view is that paediatrics is the most likely additional setting that will be ready for extension of the Act by the end of this government term. An additional benefit of this project lead being in place has been the release of resource capacity within the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme to focus energy on the development of the other 4 work-streams.