Choosing your health services this Bank Holiday/Dewis eich gwasanaethau iechyd y Gwyl y Banc hwn

Residents in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire are being encouraged to think early about repeat prescriptions and opening hours for GP practices and community pharmacies as the August bank holiday approaches.
Choosing Well when you need health advice or support – by using NHS Direct or visiting your pharmacy – can have a hugely positive impact on busy Emergency Departments during peak holiday periods.
Mr Jeremy Williams, A&E consultant and clinical lead for unscheduled care said: “The best way the public can help our frontline staff, and ensure that they and their families can be seen quickly, is to use other health services and reserve our Emergency Departments for serious or life threatening situations. Ultimately this helps us to save lives.”
The Choose Well guidance can help families when they aren’t sure of the best health service to meet their needs. You can access advice and local contacts from the webpage www.hywelddahb.wales.nhs.uk/choosewell, or by downloading the Choose Well app on your mobile phone, which uses GPS to find your nearest service.
GPs advise that you get repeat prescriptions in as early as possible to avoid any delay.
Dr Llinos Roberts, GP at Tumble surgery, said: “Emergency services are available throughout the Bank Holiday but please help those in need of emergency care by making sure you have your routine medication in stock and only attend Emergency Departments or Out of Hours GP is you cannot wait until after the holidays.”
Jill Paterson, Interim Director of Primary Care, Commissioning and Therapies and Health Sciences at Hywel Dda University Health Board, added: “It is important to be prepared and organised with your medications at all times but particularly approaching a Bank Holiday. However should you require advice for health concerns during this period, a range of services including your local Pharmacist, and a round-the-clock GP out of hours service will be available if you have an urgent problem when your surgery is closed.”
If you need GP services when your usual surgery is closed at night or on weekends, you can ring your usual GP telephone number and you will be put through to the out-of-hours service. In Carmarthenshire, patients can now dial 111 to be put through to their GP Out of Hours.
For urgent dental care, you should contact your regular dentist or NHS Direct Wales Dental Helpline on 0845 46 47. For urgent social care, phone Social Services who have an out of hours number: Carmarthenshire – 01558 824283, Ceredigion – 0845 6015392, Pembrokeshire – 08708 509508. If someone is in mental health distress, use C.A.L.L. Mental Health Helpline on 0800 132 737, Text ‘help’ to 81066, or visit www.callhelpline.org.uk
Minor ailments and illnesses can often be supported by a Community Pharmacist, without an appointment or the need to wait a long time. For a list of pharmacists in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire open during the Bank Holidays, visit the webpage http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/46867.
You can also check your medicine cabinet in advance to ensure you have a good supply of over the counter medicines which are useful should you need to manage conditions at home. Here are some items you should keep in a child safe cupboard:
• Pain killing medicine e.g. paracetamol
• Anti-diarrhoeal medicine
• Rehydration mixture
• Indigestion remedy
• Plasters
• Thermometer
In an emergency, life threatening situation, call 999 and ask for an ambulance.

Mae trigolion Sir Gaerfyrddin, Ceredigion a Sir Benfro yn cael eu hannog i feddwl ymlaen llaw am bresgripsiynau amlroddadwy ac oriau agor meddygfeydd a fferyllfeydd cymunedol gyda Gŵyl Banc Mis Awst yn agosau.
Gall gwneud Dewis Doeth pan mae angen cyngor neu gymorth – trwy ddefnyddio Galw Iechyd Cymru neu ymweld â fferyllfa – gael effaith gadarnhaol iawn ar Adrannau Damweiniau ac Argyfyngau prysur yn ystod gwyliau.
Dywedodd Mr Jeremy Williams, Ymgynghorwr Achosion Brys ac Arweinydd Clinigol ar gyfer Gofal heb ei Drefnu: “Y ffordd orau y gall y cyhoedd helpu ein staff rheng flaen, a sicrhau eu bod nhw a’u teuluoedd yn cael eu gweld yn gyflym, yw defnyddio gwasanaethau iechyd eraill a chadw ein Adrannau Achosion Brys ar gyfer sefyllfaoedd difrifol neu sy’n bygwth bywyd. Yn y pen draw mae hyn yn ein helpu i achub bywydau.”
Gall canllawiau Dewis Doeth helpu teuluoedd pan nad ydynt yn sicr o’r gwasanaeth iechyd gorau i ddiwallu eu hanghenion. Gallwch gael cyngor a manylion ar wasanaethau lleol o’r wefan www.bihyweldda.wales.nhs.uk/dewisdoeth neu trwy lawrlwytho ap Dewis Doeth ar eich ffôn symudol, sy’n defnyddio GPS i ddod o hyd i’ch gwasanaeth agosaf.
Mae Meddygon teulu yn cynghori eich bod yn cyflwyno eich presgripsiynau mlroddadwy cyn gynted â phosibl er mwyn osgoi unrhyw oedi.
Dywedodd Dr Llinos Roberts, Meddyg Teulu ym Meddygfa Tumble: “Mae gwasanaethau brys ar gael drwy gydol Gŵyl y Banc, ond gofynnwn i chi helpu’r rhai sydd angen gofal brys trwy wneud yn siwr bod gennych eich meddyginiaeth arferol mewn stoc a’ch bod ond yn mynychu Adrannau Achosion Brys neu’n defnyddio Gwasanaeth Tu Allan Oriau Meddygon Teulu os na allwch chi aros tan ar ôl y gwyliau.”
Ychwanegodd Jill Paterson, Cyfarwyddwr dros dro Comisiynu, Gofal Sylfaenol, a Therapïau a Gwyddorau Iechyd Hywel Dda: “Mae’n bwysig bod yn barod a threfnus gyda’ch meddyginiaethau bob amser ond yn enwedig wrth agosáu at Ŵyl y Banc. Mae llawer o wasanaethau ar gael os oes gennych broblem frys pan fydd eich meddygfa ar gau, gan gynnwys gwasanaeth Tu Allan i Oriau Meddyg Teulu yn ystod y dydd a’r nôs.”
Os oes arnoch angen wasanaeth Meddyg Teulu pan mae eich meddygfa arferol ar gau gyda’r nos neu ar benwythnosau, ffoniwch rif arferol eich Meddyg Teulu, a chewch eich trosglwyddo i’r gwasanaeth tu allan i oriau. Yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, gall cleifion ffonio 111 i gysylltu â’u Meddyg Teulu tu allan i oriau.
Ar gyfer gofal deintyddol brys, cysylltwch â’ch deintydd arferol neu Linell Gymorth Ddeintyddol Galw Iechyd Cymru ar 0845 46 47. Ar gyfer Gofal Cymdeithasol brys ffoniwch rif Allan o Oriau y Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol: Sir Gaerfyrddin – 01558 824283, Ceredigion – 0845 6015392, Sir Benfro – 08708 509508. Os oes rhywun mewn trallod iechyd meddwl, defnyddio Llinell Gymorth Iechyd Meddwl CALL ar 0800 132 737, neu anfonwch Neges Destun ‘help’ i 81066 neu ewch i www.callhelpline.org.uk
Yn aml, gall fferyllydd cymunedol drin mân anhwylderau ac afiechydon, a hynny heb apwyntiad na gorfod aros am amser hir. I gael rhestr o fferyllfeydd yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, Ceredigion a Sir Benfro sydd ar agor yn ystod Gwyliau Banc, ewch i’r wefan http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/tudalen/56476.
Gallech hefyd edrych ar eich cwpwrdd moddion o flaen llaw i wneud yn siwr bod gennych gyflenwad da o feddyginiaethau dros y cownter sy’n ddefnyddiol i reoli
cyflyrau yn y cartref. Dyma rai eitemau y dylech gadw mewn cwpwrdd sydd allan o gyrraedd plant:
• Meddyginiaeth lleddfu poen e.e. paracetamol
• Meddyginiaeth gwrth-ddolur rhydd
• Cymysgedd ail-hydradu
• Meddyginiaeth diffyg traul
• Plasteri
• Thermomedr
Mewn argyfwng neu sefyllfa sy’n bygwth bywyd, ffoniwch 999 a gofyn am ambiwlans.