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Looking after our NHS this New Year / Gofalu am ein GIG y Flwyddyn Newydd yma

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Looking after our NHS this New Year / Gofalu am ein GIG y Flwyddyn Newydd yma
We are currently experiencing severe pressures across a number of service areas including our A&E departments, Out of Hours service and GP practices.

If you or a loved one are unwell or injured, there may be other services that can provide the care that you need:

  • Online symptom checker: Check your symptoms online at NHS Direct Wales here https://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/selfassessments/
  • Self care – A lot of illnesses can be treated in your home by using over the counter medicine and getting plenty of rest. Keep a well prepared first aid kit at home: Bandages, plasters, thermometer, antiseptic, eyewash solution, sterile dressings, medical tape, and tweezers.
  • Pharmacies – your local pharmacy can to do much more than dispense medication and could save a trip to your GP or hospital. From treatment for low level injuries such as sprains and strains to free confidential NHS advice and treatment for a range of common ailments such as back pain, eye infections to chicken pox, your pharmacist can help. Find out what services are available at your local pharmacy by visiting www.hywelddahb.wales.nhs.uk/communitypharmacy
  • NHS Direct Wales / Out of Hours services – telephone 111.
  • Minor Injury Units (MIUs) – To find out the opening times of our MIUs please visit https://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52065

Additionally, if you have a relative or loved one in hospital who has been passed fit to be discharged, please help us by arranging with the ward to help get them back home quickly if at all possible – this is better for them and helps us to free up beds for other urgent care patients. While we recognise that there are different reasons why a patient may experience a delay in being discharged, any assistance that you can provide is important as it helps us to protect acute NHS resources for the next person that needs them.  We’ve put together a patient information booklet to explain more –

https://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/documents/862/InpatientCareInformationBookletENG.pdf

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Ros Jervis, Director of Public Health at Hywel Dda University Health Board, said: “With the countdown to the New Year underway, it’s fair to say that we are already experiencing some really difficult periods trying to deliver urgent and emergency care services.

“We have clear expectations about seeing and treating patients the way we want to, but we can’t do it alone and we urgently need the public to help us. Please follow Choose Well guidance and consider alternative forms of care if possible, and if you’re planning any festivities to see in the New Year, please remember to stay safe and well as this busy night of the year puts a lot of extra demand on our staff and partner organisations such as the ambulance service and police.”

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Ar hyn o bryd rydym yn profi pwysau difrifol ar draws nifer o feysydd gwasanaeth gan gynnwys ein hadrannau damweiniau ac achosion brys, ein gwasanaeth y tu allan i oriau ac arferion meddygon teulu.

Os ydych chi neu rywun yr ydych yn gofalu amdanynt yn sâl neu wedi anafu, efallai mai gwasanaethau eraill sy’n darparu gofal sydd ei angen arnoch:

  • Gwiriwr symptomau ar-lein: Gwiriwch eich symptomau ar-lein gyda Galw Iechyd Cymru: https://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/selfassess…/default.aspx…
  • Hunanofal: Gallwch drin rhai mathau o salwch yn eich cartref gan ddefnyddio meddyginiaethau sydd ar gael dros y cownter a chael digon o orffwys. Dylech gadw pecyn cymorth cyntaf parod yn y cartref i gynnwys: Rhwymynnau, plasteri, thermomedr, antiseptig, golch llygad, dresin di-haint, tâp meddygol, a phliciwr.
  • Fferyllfeydd: Gall eich fferyllfa leol wneud llawer mwy na dosbarthu meddyginiaeth a gallai arbed taith i’ch meddyg teulu neu ysbyty. O driniaeth ar gyfer anafiadau lefel isel fel ysigiadau a streifiadau i gyngor a thriniaeth gyfrinachol y GIG am ddim ar gyfer ystod o anhwylderau cyffredin fel poen cefn, heintiau llygaid i frech yr ieir, gall eich fferyllydd helpu. Darganfyddwch pa wasanaethau sydd ar gael yn eich fferyllfa leol trwy ymweld â https://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/tudalen/94142
  • Galw Iechyd Cymru neu wasanaethau y Tu Allan i Oriau – ffoniwch 111.
  • Unedau Mân Anafiadau (MIUs) – I ddarganfod amseroedd agor ein MIUs ewch i https://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/tudalen/75358

Yn ogystal, os oes gennych berthynas neu anwylyd yn yr ysbyty sydd wedi cael ei basio’n ffit i gael eu rhyddhau, helpwch ni trwy drefnu gyda’r ward i cael nhw adref mor gynted â phosibl os yn bosib – mae hyn yn well iddyn nhw ac yn ein helpu ni i ryddhau gwelyau ar gyfer cleifion gofal brys eraill. Er ein bod yn cydnabod bod gwahanol resymau pam y gallai claf brofi oedi cyn cael ei ryddhau, mae unrhyw gymorth y gallwch ei ddarparu yn bwysig gan ei fod yn ein helpu i amddiffyn adnoddau acíwt y GIG ar gyfer y person nesaf sydd ei angen. Rydyn ni wedi llunio llyfryn gwybodaeth i gleifion i egluro mwy – https://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/documents/862/InpatientCareInformationBookletCYM.pdf

Dywedodd Ros Jervis, Cyfarwyddwr Iechyd Cyhoeddus gyda Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda: “Gyda’r cyfri lawr i’r Flwyddyn Newydd ar y gweill, mae’n deg dweud ein bod eisoes yn profi rhai cyfnodau anodd iawn yn ceisio darparu gwasanaethau gofal brys ac argyfwng.

“Mae gennym ni ddisgwyliadau clir ynglŷn â gweld a thrin cleifion yn y ffordd rydyn ni eisiau, ond allwn ni ddim ei wneud heb gymorth ac mae angen y cyhoedd arnom yn frys i’n helpu ni. Dilynwch ganllaw Dewis Doeth ac ystyriwch fathau eraill o ofal os yn bosibl, ac os ydych chi’n cynllunio unrhyw ddathliadau i groesawi’r Flwyddyn Newydd, cofiwch gadw’n ddiogel ac yn iach gan fod y noson brysur hon o’r flwyddyn yn rhoi llawer o alw ychwanegol ar ein staff a’n sefydliadau partner fel y gwasanaeth ambiwlans a’r heddlu.”

 

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Emyr likes running when fit, and completed the London Marathon in 2017. He has also completed an Ultra Marathon. He's a keen music fan who likes to follow the weekly music charts and is a presenter on hospital radio at the prince Phillip Hospital Radio BGM. Emyr writes his own articles and also helps the team to upload press releases along with uploading other authors work that do not have their own profile on The Llanelli Standard. All Emyr's thoughts are his own.

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