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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

NHS to spend more to settle lawsuits over negligence during childbirth after court ruling

Tag being placed around newborn baby's ankle
A lawyer representing a child injured at birth said the ruling has ‘put right an historic injustice’. Photograph: UK Stock Images Ltd/Alamy

The NHS will have to spend more money settling lawsuits involving negligence during childbirth after a supreme court ruling that lawyers said puts right a “historic injustice”.

The court ruled on Wednesday that children in England who suffer catastrophic injuries while they are being born can claim damages for future earnings they would otherwise have had.

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