Overview
- The coroner, at a Wednesday pre‑inquest review in West London, confirmed Lady Joan Branson died from a blood clot two weeks after a fall.
- The upcoming inquest is scheduled for September and will include a report from an expert haematologist.
- Key questions include whether she wore TED stockings, which are compression socks used to lower clot risk during inactivity, and whether Heparin should have been prescribed.
- Her family told the court they are not seeking to blame anyone and want any lessons to help other families.
- Lady Joan, 80, had a long history of serious clots, including a 2018 episode treated with Warfarin and an implanted filter designed to stop clots from reaching the lungs.