Medical Safety & Accountability: A UK inquest into the death of Lady Joan Branson found that a private hospital failed to give blood-clot prevention medication after she was admitted following a fall on Necker Island, with the coroner concluding her fatal pulmonary embolism “would have likely been prevented.” Public Health Policy: BVI Human Services is seeking a new contractor to run the SNAP EBT system across the territory as the current agreement with Fidelity nears its end. Community Health & Access: Virgin Gorda residents were told emergency care at Nurse Iris O’Neal Medical Centre was temporarily relocated due to an air-quality issue, with the minister apologizing and promising inspections before services return. Food & Social Support Reform: Levor A.H. Lettsome is pushing to replace the territory’s “food basket” approach with a monthly card-based social assistance system. Consumer Health Alert: The VI issued a recall warning for certain scented Mistolin and Lestoil cleaners sold in USVI and Puerto Rico due to possible Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination, especially risky for people with weakened immune systems. Climate Resilience Funding: The VIC Climate Change Trust Fund opened its first call for proposals, with extra points for outer-island and vulnerable-group projects. Local Environment & Wellness: DeCastro Street’s sidewalk upgrade will include replacing aggressive-root trees with salt-tolerant Bottlebrush and Verawood Bulnesia species.