The inquest into the death of 16-year-old Diana Moore has finally brought some closure to her mother following her distressing six year fight to have the hearing held.

At the hearing, held Flax Bourton Coroner's Court, near Bristol, Avon Coroner Maria Voisin ruled that medical experts at Bristol’s Frenchay Hospital missed several opportunities to give treatment to Diana, who suffered from hydrocephalus, and could have prevented her death.

Following her daughter’s death in the early hours of April 30, 2006 Deborah Moore, 61, of Broadmead, Corsham, has endured an emotional legal fight to have an inquest held into the death of the GCSE student, who was studying at Corsham School, where an award is now handed out in her memory.

Mrs Moore had previously been struck by tragedy in 1988 when her eldest daughter Cathy died of cot death at just 10 days old and her husband Roy died of cancer, in 1993, after a tumour developed in his shoulder.

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.”

Desperate to know why her daughter died Mrs Moore, supported by her son David, 26, sought legal advice and took action against the NHS Trust for Frenchay Hospital with them accepting civil liability for Diana’s death and awarding £10,000 in compensation on July 17, 2009.

Mrs Moore said: “I got a bit a confused with the litigation as I thought I’d find out what happened but it was all about money and they strung it out to the absolute deadline and just at the last moment they decided to pay out.

“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. I did also think that this was a small amount of money to place on a human life.”

Mrs Moore, supported by Andrew Herridge, of Thrings Solicitors and backed by MP Duncan Hames, fought her case until finally the Secretary of State gave permission for an inquest, despite Diana’s body being cremated.

Mrs Moore, who suffered with post traumatic stress after Diana died constantly reliving the day of her death, said: “Nobody ever thought I’d ever get an inquest but thankfully now I have the answers and can get some closure and I have to thank my legal team who were brilliant.”

Now, Mrs Moore wants to commemorate Diana, who was planning to study an NVQ to become a veterinary nurse at Wiltshire College Lackham in September 2006.

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

“Diana loved life she always listened to her friend’s problems, was very caring and always tried to help people through hard times in their lives and tried to buoy people up. She could make you laugh with silly outrageous statements and could lift you quite easily and that is something I miss the most her ability to make others laugh.

“I must admit, after everything that has happened in my life, I still don’t believe i’ve been cursed but it does feel all very personal sometimes. Tragedy does happen to everybody but please I don’t want anymore: that’s enough. I’ve had some amazing support through this rollarcoaster journey from my son David, my friends, Roy’s family and my legal team.”

Mrs Moore praised how her son David handled the tragedy of his sister’s death and said she is very proud of him.

She said: “David has done incredibly well, he had to go back and do his second year of university because of what had happened. He works for a firm EMO in Bristol who market for Jaguar, he loves his the 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.

“Me, David and Diana were the three musketeers and we both still miss her so much.”