A NINE-year-old girl who was born catastrophically disabled at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital will receive millions in NHS compensation.

The girl’s legal team claimed her delivery was negligently delayed due to medics’ failure to spot signs that she was suffering distress in the womb.

But NHS lawyers denied medics were at fault, also arguing that the damage to the girl’s brain was done before her mother went into labour.

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Today, however, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust agreed to a final settlement of the girl’s clinical negligence claim.

Together with a lump sum of £1.3 million, she will receive £50,000 a year, index linked, for the rest of her life to help pay for her care.

The overall, capitalised, value of the settlement was in the region of £2.5 million, London’s High Court heard.

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The girl’s barrister, Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC, said it was an ‘all or nothing’ case and she could have come away with nothing after a contested trial.

The settlement, she added, reflected the risks of litigation and represented ‘about 30 per cent’ of the full value of the girl’s damages claim.

NHS counsel, Margaret Bowron QC, said the trust was ‘very pleased’ that a compromise had been reached.

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She added: “This little girl has had more thrown at her in her short life than anyone has a right to expect.”

But she had coped bravely with the support of her parents, “who are obviously deeply, deeply, fond of her and she of them.”

Deputy Judge Heather Williams QC said: “I am content to approve the settlement, which seems to me very sensible, and the parties are to be congratulated on achieving a resolution.”

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Describing it as ‘a very tragic case’, she said the girl’s brain had been starved of oxygen, resulting in cerebral palsy.

She has severe learning difficulties, her vision is severely impaired and she suffers from epilepsy, the court heard.

The trust denied that her birth was ‘mismanaged’, also arguing that her injuries were sustained ‘prior to labour’.

It was, the judge said, a ‘difficult case’ in which a sensible compromise had been reached.

The hospital trust in a statement following the settlement said: “The High Court has recently approved a settlement of a claim resulting from an injury suffered at birth at the John Radcliffe Hospital in 2010. 

“The settlement will enable the life-long care needed for the patient, and allow her to reach her full potential.”