Failures ‘contributed to’ death of Richard Branson’s wife

Senior coroner Professor Fiona Wilcox told Westminster Coroner's Court on Wednesday that Lady Joan did not receive prophylactic anticoagulants at the hospital despite a "very high risk of developing deep vein thrombosis".

From her hospital admission to her death, Glasgow-born Lady Joan did not receive any prophylactic anticoagulation, which is used to stop blood clots from forming.

A private hospital's failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Lady Joan Branson, an inquest has concluded.