Diana Moore’s bereaved mum believes she now has closure, after a distressing six-year battle ended with an inquest verdict.

Avon coroner Maria Voisin ruled medical experts at Bristol’s Frenchay Hospital missed several opportunities to give treatment to Diana, 16, who suffered from hydrocephalus, which may have prevented her death.

After Diana’s death on April 30, 2006, Deborah Moore, 61, of Broadmead, Corsham, started a legal fight to have an inquest.

Her GCSE student daughter had been studying at Corsham School, where an award is now handed out in her memory.

Mrs Moore was previously struck by tragedy in 1988, when her eldest daughter, Cathy, died of cot death at just 10 days old. Her husband, Roy, then died of cancer in 1993.

She said: “After Diana’s death, I was shocked, horrified and totally grief-stricken.

“But, as well as all those emotions that were going through my head at around 42,000 miles per hour, there were also all these other things that happened, which just didn’t make any sense to me.”

Mrs Moore, supported by son David, now 26, decided to take action against the Frenchay Hospital’s NHS Trust and it accepted civil liability for Diana’s death and paid £10,000 in compensation on July 17, 2009.

Mrs Moore said: “I thought I’d find out what happened, but it was all about money. Just when I thought I could go to court and find out what happened, they accepted liability, but refused to go any further in their letter.

“I was incensed, as I didn’t get what I wanted from this, which was answers.”

Mrs Moore, supported by Andrew Herridge, of Thrings Solicitors, fought on. Backed by MP Duncan Hames, she got the Secretary of State’s permission for an inquest to be held.

Mrs Moore, who suffered with post-traumatic stress after Diana died, said: “Now I have the answers and can get some closure and I have to thank my legal team, who were brilliant.”

Diana had planned to study for an NVQ in veterinary nursing at Wiltshire College Lackham.

Mrs Moore said: “Diana brought back the sunshine in my life after Cathy’s death and was very, very precious to me. She made coming to terms with losing a child a little easier.

“Diana loved life. She always listened to her friends’ problems, was very caring and always tried to help people through hard times in their lives.

“I must admit, after everything that has happened in my life, I still don’t believe I’ve been cursed. Tragedy does happen to everybody, but, please, I don’t want any more. That’s enough.”

Mrs Moore praised the way son David handled the tragedy and said she was proud of him.

She added: “He had to go back and do his second year of university, because of what happened. He works for a firm, EMO in Bristol, who market for Jaguar. He loves his job and he has worked very hard.

“I think he’s an inspiration as, despite everything, he went back and carried on with his life.”