Jenny Randerson - Standing up for Cardiff Central

We would protect carers' rights/Buasem yn gwarchod hawliau gofalwyr

10.01.22am GMT Wed 14th Feb 2007

Welsh Lib Dem health spokesperson Jenny Randerson, AM for Cardiff Central, said: "Carers perform a role in the life of our nation which is too easy to overlook, and impossible to overestimate.

"The Welsh Liberal Democrats will introduce an Assembly Measure (law) for Carers' Rights. This will include the right to information and the right to an independent assessment of their needs, which would include provision for respite care.

"Carers are often so committed to others they don't take enough care of their own interests. We know that £740 million worth of carers' benefits go unclaimed each year. People who provide care are much more likely to become ill than non-carers and often struggle to combine work and care.

"We need to ensure that the NHS gives greater recognition to the role and welfare of carers and provision for respite care. Our Assembly Measure would do that, because carers sometimes need a break from their responsibilities."

Notes/Nodiadau:

Welsh Liberal Democrats are picking a different reason to vote for them at the Welsh General Election five times a week from Jan 1. The reasons are drawn from their emerging programme for government.

The trend in recent elections have been for the traditional parties to spin their messages as three this, and five that. The Welsh Liberal Democrats have a full programme for government comprising over 100 ideas to make a healthier, wealthier and wiser Wales.

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Buasem yn gwarchod hawliau gofalwyr

Dywedodd llefarydd Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru ar iechyd, Jenny Randerson, AC dros Ganol Caerdydd: "Mae gofalwyr yn perfformio rôl ym mywyd ein cenedl sy'n rhy hawdd i beidio â sylwi arni, ac yn amhosibl i'w goramcangyfrif.

"Bydd Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru yn cyflwyno Mesur y Cynulliad (deddf) ar gyfer Hawliau Gofalwyr. Bydd hwn yn cynnwys yr hawl i wybodaeth a'r hawl i asesiad annibynnol o'u hanghenion, a allai gynnwys darpariaeth ar gyfer gofal seibiant..

"Yn aml, mae gofalwyr mor ymroddedig i eraill nad ydynt yn cymryd digon o ofal o'u buddiannau eu hunain. Yr ydym yn gwybod fod gwerth £740 miliwn o fudd-daliadau gofalwyr yn mynd heb eu hawlio bob blwyddyn. Mae pobl sy'n darparu gofal llawer yn fwy tebygol o fynd yn sâl na rhai nad ydynt yn ofalwyr, ac yn aml, maent yn straffaglu cyfuno gwaith a gofalu.

"Mae angen sicrhau fod y GIG yn rhoi mwy o gydnabyddiaeth i'r rôl a lles gofalwyr a darpariaeth ar gyfer gofal seibiant. Buasai ein Mesur y Cynulliad yn gwneud hynny, am fod angen seibiant ar ofalwyr weithiau o'u cyfrifoldebau."

Notes/Nodiadau:

Mae Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru yn dewis rheswm gwahanol dros bleidleisio drostynt yn Etholiad Cyffredinol Cymru bum gwaith yr wythnos o Ionawr 1. Daw'r rhesymau o'u rhaglen ymddangosol ar gyfer llywodraethu.

Y tueddiad mewn etholiadau yn ddiweddar yw i'r pleidiau traddodiadol sbinio eu negeseuon fel tri o hwn a phump o hwnna. Mae gan Ddemocratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru raglen lawn ar gyfer llywodraeth sy'n cynnwys dros 100 o syniadau ar gyfer gwneud Cymru iachach, gyfoethocach a doethach.

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Argraffwyd, Cyhoeddwyd a Hyrwyddwyd gan Stephen Smith ar ran Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru, yr oll yng 102 Stryd Biwt, Caerdydd. CF10 5AD

Contact/Cyswllt: Dewi Knight - 07919 915868

Embargo: 00:01 February 14, 2007

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