Buddsoddi mwy nag erioed yn golygu cynnydd o 15% mewn lleoedd hyfforddi i weithwyr gofal iechyd proffesiynol, fel rhan o’r ymateb i’r pandemig

Record level of investment sees 15% increase in training places for healthcare professionals in Wales to help support pandemic response

Bydd dros £260m, sef lefel ddigynsail o gyllid, yn cael ei fuddsoddi mewn hyfforddi gweithwyr gofal iechyd proffesiynol yng Nghymru er mwyn helpu’r GIG i ymateb i’r pandemig a heriau’r dyfodol.

Bydd y buddsoddiad ar gyfer 2022/23, sef cynnydd o 15% ers 2021/22, yn golygu bod y nifer uchaf erioed o gyfleoedd hyfforddi ar gael yng Nghymru.

Hon fydd yr wythfed flwyddyn yn olynol o gynyddu cyllid ar gyfer addysg a hyfforddiant i weithwyr iechyd proffesiynol yng Nghymru.

Bydd y lleoedd hyfforddi ychwanegol yn gwella capasiti’r gweithlu er mwyn helpu’r GIG i ymateb i heriau’r dyfodol.

Bydd y cyllid yn mynd tuag at leoedd hyfforddi i anesthetwyr ac oncolegwyr, a hefyd y rheini sy’n gweithio ym maes gofal dwys, meddygaeth frys, meddygaeth acíwt, meddygaeth liniarol, a maes seiciatreg.

Daw hyn wrth i fwy o bobl nag erioed yn ei hanes weithio yn y GIG, gyda’r nod o atal salwch a darparu gofal i aelodau pob cymuned yng Nghymru.

Mae’r cyllid ychwanegol yn cynnwys £18m ar gyfer rhaglenni addysg a hyfforddiant i weithwyr gofal iechyd proffesiynol yng Nghymru; £5m yn ychwanegol ar gyfer lleoedd hyfforddiant meddygol, bron £8m i gynnal y niferoedd mewn hyfforddiant meddygon teulu craidd, a chynnydd net o bron £3m ar gyfer hyfforddiant fferylliaeth ar draws Cymru.

Bydd y buddsoddiad yn arwain at gynnydd mewn lleoedd hyfforddiant i weithwyr iechyd proffesiynol a hyfforddiant meddygol yn 2022/23, gan gynnwys:

111 o leoedd Nyrsio Oedolion;
73 o leoedd Nyrsio Iechyd Meddwl;
22 o hyfforddeion radioleg glinigol (20 yn y De a 2 yn y Gogledd);
cynnal y targed presennol o dderbyn 160 o feddygon teulu bob blwyddyn, gydag opsiwn i recriwtio hyd at 200 pan fo hynny’n ymarferol.

Yn ystod y pum mlynedd diwethaf, bu cynnydd hefyd o 55.2% mewn lleoedd hyfforddi i nyrsys, ac mae lleoedd i fydwragedd wedi cynyddu 96.8%.

Dywedodd y Gweinidog Iechyd, Eluned Morgan: “Mae’r buddsoddiad hwn, sef yr wythfed flwyddyn yn olynol o gynyddu’r cyllid i leoedd hyfforddi, yn dangos ein hymrwymiad i wella capasiti’r gweithlu yn ein Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol.

“Mae’r pandemig COVID-19 wedi rhoi pwysau enfawr ar ein gwasanaeth iechyd, ac rydyn ni’n hynod falch o’r ffordd mae pawb wedi ymateb er mwyn rhoi gofal i bobl Cymru.

“Mae angen inni barhau i hyfforddi a chryfhau ein gweithlu, er mwyn iddo allu bod yn barod i ymateb i bob math o heriau yn y dyfodol, drwy gryfhau ei allu i wrthsefyll pwysau wrth inni fynd ati i adfer o effeithiau’r pandemig.”

Dywedodd Prif Weithredwr AaGIC, Alex Howells: “Rydyn ni wrth ein boddau bod y cynllun addysg a hyfforddiant wedi cael y gefnogaeth hon, ac rydyn ni’n edrych ymlaen at weithio gyda’n partneriaid i weithredu’r argymhellion.

“Mae Cymru yn lle gwych i hyfforddi a dysgu, ac rydyn ni’n ddiolchgar iawn i lawer o’r staff ar draws y Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol a’n sefydliadau addysg yng Nghymru am eu cyfraniad gwerthfawr i addysg gweithlu’r dyfodol, a’r cymorth y maent yn ei roi iddynt.”

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NHS Wales Education Commissioning and Training Plan for 2022/23

The following tables show the increase in health professional and medical training places for 2022/23.

Speciality	From	To	% Increase
Adult Nursing	1,540	1651	7.2%
Mental Health Nursing	410	483	17.8%
Learning Difficulties Nursing	77	87	12.9%
BSc. Paramedicine	75	86	14.6%


Anaesthetics:	Increase of 3 Higher Anaesthetics posts.
Intensive Care Medicine:	Increase of 4 Higher Training Programme posts.
Cancer Care
Clinical Oncology	Increase by 4 additional Higher Training posts implementing year 2 of the proposal to expand by 4 posts per year for 5 years.
Medical Oncology	Increase by 3 additional Higher Training posts implementing year 2 of the proposal to expand by 3 posts per year for 5 years.
Palliative Medicine	To increase Palliative Medicine training posts by 2 posts for August 2022 and a further 2 posts for August 2023.
Small Specialty Review
Community Sexual & Reproductive Health (CSRH)	To temporarily convert one of the Genito Urinary Medicine (GUM) posts to CSRH using existing funding to enable an additional appointment into CSRH for 2021 if possible but if not 2022. To recommend an increase of 2 CSRH posts for August 2022 To explore options for increasing exposure to both CSRH and GUM on the Foundation Programme and for GUM within Internal Medicine.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS)	To increase the OMFS training programme by 2 posts in August 2022.
Clinical Genetics	To increase the Clinical Genetics Training programme by 2 posts in August 2022. Note - agreement and temporary funding was identified to enable one post to commence in August 2021.
Clinical Neurophysiology	To await the recommendations of the Neurophysiology workforce review. This is considered a fragile and vulnerable training specialty.
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT)	To retain the 2 posts in CPT and review for 2023. To explore moving one post to North Wales. To increase exposure to CPT during Internal Medicine training to increase recruitment in the specialty.
Diagnostic Specialties
Medical Microbiology/ Infectious Diseases	Increase of 3 Medical Microbiology/Infectious Diseases posts implementing year 3 of a plan to increase posts every year for 5 years.
Clinical Radiology	To support the recommended expansion as required to appoint 22 trainees for the 2022 intake with 20 in the South and 2 in north Wales. To create an INR post which will rotate as required to specialist centres in England to enable Welsh trainees to obtain this much needed training.
Histopathology	To increase Histopathology training in North Wales by 1 post for August 2022. To undertake an urgent review exploring solutions to the training capacity challenges within Histopathology and Paediatrics and Perinatal Pathology to make recommendations to Chief Executives in June 2022.
Mental Health
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	North Wales – to increase by 2 posts for 2022. Note - agreement and temporary funding was identified to enable one of these posts to commence in August 2021 as part of a phased introduction. South Wales – to increase by 2 posts for 2022 and to review further for 2023 once the HEIW review on Mental Health workforce has reported its findings.
Old age psychiatry	To increase by 2 training posts for 2022, 2 for 2023 and a further 2 for 2024. With a review once the HEIW review on Mental Health workforce has reported its findings.
General Adult Psychiatry	To make no changes to the current level of posts on the General Adult Psychiatry programme and to review further for 2023 once the HEIW review on Mental Health workforce has reported its findings.
Forensic Psychiatry	To make no changes to the current level of posts on the Forensic Psychiatry programme and to review further for 2023 once the HEIW review on Mental Health workforce has reported its findings.
Learning Disabilities	To convert the shared LD/CAMHS post in North Wales to LD thereby increasing the programme by 1 post. To review further for 2023 once the HEIW review on Mental Health workforce has reported its findings.
Foundation, Core and Higher Programme Alignment
Foundation	To increase the number of Foundation Year 1 posts by 30 and Foundation Year 2 posts by 30 for August 2022 as detailed in the Foundation Expansion Business Case.
The Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine	The ACCS Programme is expanded by a further 4 posts for 2022 and a further 2 posts in 2023. This will complete the development of the Bangor Programme and enable a new Programme in Cardiff to be created to maximise current training capacity.
The Acute Care Common Stem ACCS Anaesthetics	5 new posts are to be created in Emergency Medicine and Acute Medicine to enable the creation of a ACCS Anaesthetics programmes to support the alignment with Intensive Care Training
Anaesthetics	Increase of 5 Core Training Programme posts to ensure alignment between Core and Higher programmes and to meet training curriculum and less than full time training (LTFT) requirements going forward.
Internal Medicine	To increase Internal Medicine training by 12 posts for August 2022
Core Psychiatry	To increase Core Psychiatry Training by 8 posts for August 2022.
Additional workforce priority areas
Public Health Medicine	Recruitment into existing training posts is to be maximised and to support this funding for 2 posts is required for 2022 and for 3 posts in 2023. Work should be undertaken to maximise the current interest in the specialty from Junior Doctors. This includes the provision of Foundation Training Placements in Public Health Medicine within the Foundation expansion programme
Rheumatology	To increase Rheumatology training by 2 posts for August 2022 and a further 2 posts for August 2023.
Gastroenterology – Hepatology Specialist post	To create 1 Hepatology Sub-specialty post for August 2022 with 3 months of this time spent is a specialist centre outside of Wales.
Paediatrics	Increase of 4 ST3 posts to enable the expanded numbers of trainees created in 2020 and 2021 to progress through the training programme and to front-load the programme to maximise %WTE from ST4 onwards.
General Practice	Maintain the current target of 160 intake per annum, with an option to over-recruit to 200 when feasible