£8m financial package for cerebral palsy

A boy who was left severely disabled as a result of errors made by medical staff during his birth has been awarded an £8m financial package. He has cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia after he was deprived of oxygen during his birth. The settlement is comprised of a lump sum payment of more than £3m and annual payments thereafter. The NHS Trust admitted liability for the errors and accepted medical staff were at fault in not checking the mother’s blood pressure during labour and also failing to carry out a continuous CTG trace, which would have indicated the baby was in distress.