diff --git a/src/app/global-error.tsx b/src/app/global-error.tsx
index 0b9bd1dd4..aed84dad6 100644
--- a/src/app/global-error.tsx
+++ b/src/app/global-error.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 
 /**
  * Last-resort boundary for the App Router. Unlike `app/error.tsx`, this replaces
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ import { useEffect } from "react";
  * still renders correctly when the styling/theming system is exactly what failed.
  */
 export default function GlobalError({ error, reset }: { error: Error & { digest?: string }; reset: () => void }) {
+  const headingRef = useRef<HTMLHeadingElement>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
     console.error("Fatal error captured by global-error boundary:", error);
+    headingRef.current?.focus();
   }, [error]);
 
   return (
@@ -25,8 +27,8 @@ export default function GlobalError({ error, reset }: { error: Error & { digest?
           alignItems: "center",
           justifyContent: "center",
           padding: "1rem",
-          backgroundColor: "#f4f5f7",
-          color: "#1a1c1e",
+          backgroundColor: "Canvas",
+          color: "CanvasText",
           fontFamily:
             'system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"',
         }}
@@ -37,15 +39,28 @@ export default function GlobalError({ error, reset }: { error: Error & { digest?
             maxWidth: "28rem",
             boxSizing: "border-box",
             borderRadius: "1rem",
-            border: "1px solid #e2e4e8",
-            backgroundColor: "#ffffff",
+            border: "1px solid CanvasText",
+            backgroundColor: "Canvas",
             padding: "1.5rem",
             textAlign: "center",
-            boxShadow: "0 10px 30px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.12)",
+            boxShadow: "0 10px 30px color-mix(in srgb, CanvasText 12%, transparent)",
           }}
         >
-          <h1 style={{ margin: "0 0 0.5rem", fontSize: "1.125rem", fontWeight: 600 }}>Something went wrong</h1>
-          <p style={{ margin: "0 0 1.25rem", fontSize: "0.875rem", lineHeight: 1.6, color: "#5b6069" }}>
+          <h1
+            ref={headingRef}
+            tabIndex={-1}
+            role="alert"
+            style={{
+              margin: "0 0 0.5rem",
+              fontSize: "1.125rem",
+              fontWeight: 600,
+              outline: "2px solid Highlight",
+              outlineOffset: "2px",
+            }}
+          >
+            Something went wrong
+          </h1>
+          <p style={{ margin: "0 0 1.25rem", fontSize: "0.875rem", lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
             The application failed to load. Please try again, or reload the page if the problem persists.
           </p>
           {error.digest && (
@@ -53,11 +68,11 @@ export default function GlobalError({ error, reset }: { error: Error & { digest?
               style={{
                 margin: "0 0 1.25rem",
                 borderRadius: "0.5rem",
-                backgroundColor: "#f4f5f7",
+                backgroundColor: "Canvas",
                 padding: "0.5rem",
                 fontFamily: "ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace",
                 fontSize: "0.75rem",
-                color: "#5b6069",
+                color: "CanvasText",
                 wordBreak: "break-all",
               }}
             >
@@ -72,8 +87,8 @@ export default function GlobalError({ error, reset }: { error: Error & { digest?
                 cursor: "pointer",
                 borderRadius: "0.5rem",
                 border: "none",
-                backgroundColor: "#1a1c1e",
-                color: "#ffffff",
+                backgroundColor: "ButtonFace",
+                color: "ButtonText",
                 padding: "0.625rem 1rem",
                 fontSize: "0.875rem",
                 fontWeight: 600,
@@ -87,9 +102,9 @@ export default function GlobalError({ error, reset }: { error: Error & { digest?
               style={{
                 cursor: "pointer",
                 borderRadius: "0.5rem",
-                border: "1px solid #e2e4e8",
-                backgroundColor: "#ffffff",
-                color: "#1a1c1e",
+                border: "1px solid ButtonText",
+                backgroundColor: "ButtonFace",
+                color: "ButtonText",
                 padding: "0.625rem 1rem",
                 fontSize: "0.875rem",
                 fontWeight: 600,
diff --git a/src/components/route-error-boundary.tsx b/src/components/route-error-boundary.tsx
index ae9957733..6d31de18e 100644
--- a/src/components/route-error-boundary.tsx
+++ b/src/components/route-error-boundary.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { TriangleAlert, RefreshCw } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { cn, primaryControl } from "@/components/ui-primitives";
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ export function RouteErrorBoundary({
   showReload = false,
   minHeightClass = "min-h-[50vh]",
 }: RouteErrorBoundaryProps) {
+  const headingRef = useRef<HTMLHeadingElement>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
     console.error(logLabel, error);
+    headingRef.current?.focus();
   }, [error, logLabel]);
 
   return (
@@ -54,7 +56,13 @@ export function RouteErrorBoundary({
           <TriangleAlert aria-hidden="true" className="h-6 w-6" />
         </div>
 
-        <h1 className="mt-4 text-lg font-semibold tracking-tight text-[color:var(--text-heading)]">{title}</h1>
+        <h1
+          ref={headingRef}
+          tabIndex={-1}
+          className="mt-4 text-lg font-semibold tracking-tight text-[color:var(--text-heading)] focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-[color:var(--focus-ring,Highlight)]"
+        >
+          {title}
+        </h1>
 
         <p className="mt-2 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[color:var(--text-muted)]">{description}</p>
 
diff --git a/src/components/therapy-compass/bindings.tsx b/src/components/therapy-compass/bindings.tsx
index 7cf2d999e..3d4e59e65 100644
--- a/src/components/therapy-compass/bindings.tsx
+++ b/src/components/therapy-compass/bindings.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export type TcBindings = {
   // ---- data -----------------------------------------------------------
   loading: boolean;
   error: string | null;
+  retryData: () => void;
   therapies: Therapy[];
   unreviewedTherapies: Therapy[];
   reviewCount: number;
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ export function TcProvider({
   initialQuery?: string;
   autoRunSearch?: boolean;
 }) {
-  const { data, loading, error } = useTherapyData();
+  const { data, loading, error, retry } = useTherapyData();
   const therapies = useMemo(() => data?.therapies ?? [], [data]);
   const pathways = useMemo(() => data?.pathways ?? [], [data]);
 
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ export function TcProvider({
     return {
       loading,
       error,
+      retryData: retry,
       therapies,
       unreviewedTherapies,
       reviewCount: unreviewedTherapies.length,
@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ export function TcProvider({
   }, [
     loading,
     error,
+    retry,
     data,
     therapies,
     unreviewedTherapies,
diff --git a/src/components/therapy-compass/data/use-therapy-data.ts b/src/components/therapy-compass/data/use-therapy-data.ts
index cecce45ad..f04d4a702 100644
--- a/src/components/therapy-compass/data/use-therapy-data.ts
+++ b/src/components/therapy-compass/data/use-therapy-data.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 import type { Pathway, ReferenceData, Therapy, TherapyDataset } from "./types";
 
@@ -32,28 +32,39 @@ export type TherapyDataState = {
   data: TherapyDataset | null;
   loading: boolean;
   error: string | null;
+  retry: () => void;
 };
 
 export function useTherapyData(): TherapyDataState {
-  const [state, setState] = useState<TherapyDataState>({ data: null, loading: true, error: null });
+  const [state, setState] = useState<Omit<TherapyDataState, "retry">>({ data: null, loading: true, error: null });
+  const [attempt, setAttempt] = useState(0);
+  const retry = useCallback(() => {
+    cache = null;
+    // Keep the prior error message mounted so Retry focus is not lost while the
+    // next attempt is in flight; success/failure handlers replace it below.
+    setState((prev) => ({ ...prev, loading: true }));
+    setAttempt((value) => value + 1);
+  }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let active = true;
     cache ??= loadDataset();
-    cache
+    const request = cache;
+    request
       .then((data) => {
         if (active) setState({ data, loading: false, error: null });
       })
       .catch((err: unknown) => {
-        // Allow a retry on the next mount if the fetch failed.
-        cache = null;
+        // Only clear the shared cache when this request is still the active one.
+        // A newer retry may have already replaced `cache` with a fresh promise.
+        if (cache === request) cache = null;
         if (active)
           setState({ data: null, loading: false, error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Failed to load" });
       });
     return () => {
       active = false;
     };
-  }, []);
+  }, [attempt]);
 
-  return state;
+  return { ...state, retry };
 }
diff --git a/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-card.tsx b/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-card.tsx
index e48cb47c1..102d78c73 100644
--- a/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-card.tsx
@@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ export function ResultCard({ therapy }: { therapy: Therapy }) {
           <button
             type="button"
             className="tc-btn"
-            title="Favourite"
+            disabled
+            title="Favourites are not available yet"
+            aria-label="Favourites are coming soon"
             style={s(
-              `display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:44px;height:44px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:9px;background:var(--surface);color:var(--text-soft);cursor:pointer;`,
+              `display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:44px;height:44px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:9px;background:var(--surface);color:var(--text-soft);cursor:not-allowed;opacity:.65;`,
             )}
           >
             <HeartIcon size={17} />
diff --git a/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-compass-page.tsx b/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-compass-page.tsx
index a228f7c94..66f803033 100644
--- a/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-compass-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-compass-page.tsx
@@ -44,15 +44,47 @@ function TherapyCompassShell() {
     >
       <TherapyCompassNav />
       <main className="tc-main" style={s(`min-width:0;padding:32px 40px 40px;`)}>
-        {b.isHome && <HomeScreen />}
-        {b.isSearch && <SearchScreen />}
-        {b.isDetail && <DetailScreen />}
-        {b.isCompare && <CompareScreen />}
-        {b.isRecommend && <RecommendScreen />}
-        {b.isPathways && <PathwaysScreen />}
-        {b.isBrief && <BriefScreen />}
-        {b.isSheets && <SheetsScreen />}
-        {b.isOther && <OtherScreen />}
+        {b.error ? (
+          <section
+            role="alert"
+            aria-live="assertive"
+            aria-busy={b.loading}
+            style={s(
+              `max-width:42rem;margin:40px auto;padding:24px;border:1px solid var(--danger);border-radius:16px;background:var(--danger-soft);`,
+            )}
+          >
+            <h1 style={s(`margin:0 0 8px;color:var(--text-heading);font-size:20px;`)}>
+              Therapy Compass could not load
+            </h1>
+            <p style={s(`margin:0 0 16px;color:var(--text-muted);line-height:1.5;`)}>
+              The therapy catalogue is unavailable. No results are being shown as a substitute.
+            </p>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className="tc-btn"
+              onClick={b.retryData}
+              disabled={b.loading}
+              aria-disabled={b.loading}
+              style={s(
+                `padding:10px 14px;border:0;border-radius:8px;background:var(--clinical-accent);color:var(--clinical-accent-contrast);font-weight:650;opacity:${b.loading ? "0.7" : "1"};`,
+              )}
+            >
+              {b.loading ? "Retrying…" : "Retry"}
+            </button>
+          </section>
+        ) : (
+          <>
+            {b.isHome && <HomeScreen />}
+            {b.isSearch && <SearchScreen />}
+            {b.isDetail && <DetailScreen />}
+            {b.isCompare && <CompareScreen />}
+            {b.isRecommend && <RecommendScreen />}
+            {b.isPathways && <PathwaysScreen />}
+            {b.isBrief && <BriefScreen />}
+            {b.isSheets && <SheetsScreen />}
+            {b.isOther && <OtherScreen />}
+          </>
+        )}
         <TherapyCompassFooter />
       </main>
     </div>