A High Court judge has called for a radical overhaul of how the State manages claims for medical negligence.

A radical overhaul of how medical negligence cases are managed is needed as parents of catastrophically injured children feel the litigation process is “cruel and disadvantageous”.

An 8-year-old girl with dyskinetic cerebral palsy after her birth at a Cork hospital has settled her action against the HSE for €5.8m.

The HSE should apologise to a little girl who has been left with dyskinetic cerebral palsy after her birth at a Cork hospital, her counsel told the High Court yesterday.