West Midlands born Holly Nixon was left with permanent brain damage, it was revealed recently. According to reports from the BBC and the local newspaper, The Kidderminster Shuttle, Holly, now six years old, was starved of oxygen during her birth in 2003. The Kidderminster family are now dealing with life after the incident which has left their daughter with cerebral palsy.

In the years since, the family has constantly made claims of the hospital’s negligence and had been fighting the Worcester Actute Hospital’s NHS trust for a compensation claim ever since.

Out of court negotiations went well with a £2 million pound settlement agreed, with additional payments for the rest of her life, which may well reach over another £2 million.

Holly, who is now permanently brain damaged, has limited speech and impaired vision has been described as a lovely, lively, radiant girl who has much to give by Judge Robin Spencer, the QC who also approved the £4 million plus settlement package.

Paul Rees QC said, on the behalf of the trust that it was only right that the parents were given an “unreserved apology”. But in a statement by the parents, they still felt she had been robbed of opportunities in life due to “basic errors”. It is also reported on the BBC News website that there were further delays in performing the caesarean section.

This case comes hot on the heels of another case of a six year old girl, Kaysie-Jane Bland, who has been left permanently brain damaged after being starved of oxygen in similar circumstances. Kaysie-Jane’s parents have also received a settlement of a seven figure number, also from the NHS trust.