diff --git a/src/components/applications-launcher-page.tsx b/src/components/applications-launcher-page.tsx
index a1d1b5635..5bc8fb10c 100644
--- a/src/components/applications-launcher-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/applications-launcher-page.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function launcherAppsForSession(canAccessFavourites: boolean): LauncherApp[] {
 
 const toolsLauncherCopy = {
   heading: "Tools",
-  description: "Assessment, prescribing, and clinical workflows.",
+  description: "Assessment, prescribing, workflows.",
   allSectionLabel: "All tools",
   countNoun: "tools",
   emptyTitle: "No tools match",
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx
index 9c4bb75c4..6018bb029 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ export function DifferentialsHome({
       <ModeHomeTemplate
         testId="differentials-home-template"
         title="Differentials"
-        subtitle="Match your catalogue against your indexed library."
+        subtitle="Match your catalogue to your library."
         icon={BrainCircuit}
         headingLevel={1}
         desktopComposerSlotId={desktopComposerSlotId}
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/favourites-hub.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/favourites-hub.tsx
index 34da03e4b..a736312bb 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/favourites-hub.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/favourites-hub.tsx
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export function FavouritesHub({
         <ModeHomeHero
           testId="favourites-home"
           title="Favourites"
-          subtitle="Notes, sources, and clinical sets, ready to reuse."
+          subtitle="Saved notes, sources, and sets."
           icon={Heart}
           headingLevel={headingLevel}
         />
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/medication-prescribing-workspace.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/medication-prescribing-workspace.tsx
index 574bcd7d7..fa04f1633 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/medication-prescribing-workspace.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/medication-prescribing-workspace.tsx
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function MedicationHome({
     <ModeHomeTemplate
       testId="medication-home"
       title="Medication"
-      subtitle="Search a medication or prescribing question."
+      subtitle="Medication dosing and safety."
       icon={Pill}
       headingLevel={2}
       desktopComposerSlotId={desktopComposerSlotId}
diff --git a/src/components/dsm/dsm-home-page.tsx b/src/components/dsm/dsm-home-page.tsx
index 1f9cf5112..92a5c56af 100644
--- a/src/components/dsm/dsm-home-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dsm/dsm-home-page.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function DsmHomePage() {
       <ModeHomeTemplate
         testId="dsm-home"
         title="DSM-5 Diagnosis"
-        subtitle="Diagnostic criteria, specifiers, and comparisons."
+        subtitle="Criteria, specifiers, and comparisons."
         icon={BookOpenCheck}
         actionsLabel="DSM-5 Diagnosis actions"
         desktopComposerSlotId={modeHomeDesktopComposerSlotId}
diff --git a/src/components/factsheets/factsheets-home-page.tsx b/src/components/factsheets/factsheets-home-page.tsx
index b3e0f329b..184470dc9 100644
--- a/src/components/factsheets/factsheets-home-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/factsheets/factsheets-home-page.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function FactsheetsHomePage() {
         <ModeHomeHero
           testId="factsheets-home"
           title="Factsheets"
-          subtitle="Plain-language patient handouts to print and share."
+          subtitle="Plain-language patient handouts."
           icon={BookOpenText}
         />
 
diff --git a/src/components/forms/forms-home-page.tsx b/src/components/forms/forms-home-page.tsx
index f3ab30ad6..1ae8febde 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/forms-home-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/forms/forms-home-page.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function FormsHomePage() {
       <ModeHomeTemplate
         testId="forms-home-template"
         title="Forms"
-        subtitle="The complete WA MHA 2014 forms register."
+        subtitle="The WA MHA 2014 forms register."
         icon={FileText}
         desktopComposerSlotId={modeHomeDesktopComposerSlotId}
         actionsLabel="Forms tasks"
diff --git a/src/components/formulation/formulation-home-page.tsx b/src/components/formulation/formulation-home-page.tsx
index f0d08bbbe..400b4cf3c 100644
--- a/src/components/formulation/formulation-home-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/formulation/formulation-home-page.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function FormulationHome() {
       <ModeHomeTemplate
         testId="formulation"
         title="Formulation"
-        subtitle="Build a structured clinical formulation from the evidence."
+        subtitle="Build a formulation from the evidence."
         icon={Network}
         actionsLabel="Formulation workflows"
         desktopComposerSlotId={modeHomeDesktopComposerSlotId}
diff --git a/src/components/services/services-home-page.tsx b/src/components/services/services-home-page.tsx
index 7a960c7e2..67e79bdf8 100644
--- a/src/components/services/services-home-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/services/services-home-page.tsx
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export function ServicesHomePage({ defaultServiceSlug = null }: { defaultService
       <ModeHomeTemplate
         testId="services-home-template"
         title="Services"
-        subtitle="Search by need, catchment, or referral route."
+        subtitle="Search by need, catchment, or route."
         icon={Users}
         desktopComposerSlotId={modeHomeDesktopComposerSlotId}
         actionsLabel="Service tasks"
diff --git a/src/components/specifiers/specifiers-home-page.tsx b/src/components/specifiers/specifiers-home-page.tsx
index 7ac0da040..5ceec8769 100644
--- a/src/components/specifiers/specifiers-home-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/specifiers/specifiers-home-page.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function SpecifiersHome() {
       <ModeHomeTemplate
         testId="specifiers"
         title="Specifiers"
-        subtitle="Refine diagnostic wording, exclusions, and episode patterns."
+        subtitle="Check specifier fit and exclusions."
         icon={Tags}
         actionsLabel="Specifier workflows"
         desktopComposerSlotId={modeHomeDesktopComposerSlotId}
diff --git a/src/components/therapy-compass/screens/home-screen.tsx b/src/components/therapy-compass/screens/home-screen.tsx
index 3224e9aa3..bcd28c0e8 100644
--- a/src/components/therapy-compass/screens/home-screen.tsx
+++ b/src/components/therapy-compass/screens/home-screen.tsx
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export function HomeScreen() {
 
   const therapyCountCopy =
     b.therapies.length === 0
-      ? "Source-grounded therapy records and clinical pathways."
-      : `${b.therapies.length} source-grounded therapy ${b.therapies.length === 1 ? "record" : "records"} and clinical pathways.`;
+      ? "Source-grounded therapy records."
+      : `${b.therapies.length} source-grounded therapy ${b.therapies.length === 1 ? "record" : "records"}.`;
 
   return (
     <ModeHomeMain testId="therapy-compass-home" contentAlign="startOnPhone">
diff --git a/tests/therapy-compass-data-recovery.dom.test.tsx b/tests/therapy-compass-data-recovery.dom.test.tsx
index 9e3e9eeee..0fd27ae73 100644
--- a/tests/therapy-compass-data-recovery.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/therapy-compass-data-recovery.dom.test.tsx
@@ -60,17 +60,15 @@ describe("Therapy Compass required data recovery", () => {
 
     expect(await screen.findByRole("status")).toHaveTextContent("Loading therapy library…");
     expect(screen.getAllByRole("main")).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(screen.queryByText(/Source-grounded therapy records and clinical pathways/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Source-grounded therapy records\./)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByRole("heading", { name: "Therapy" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 
     release(undefined);
 
-    await waitFor(() =>
-      expect(screen.getByText(/1 source-grounded therapy record and clinical pathways/)).toBeInTheDocument(),
-    );
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText(/1 source-grounded therapy record\./)).toBeInTheDocument());
     expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Therapy" })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getAllByRole("main")).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(screen.queryByText(/Source-grounded therapy records and clinical pathways/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Source-grounded therapy records\./)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it("shows an honest load error, retries all required files, and recovers", async () => {
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ describe("Therapy Compass required data recovery", () => {
     );
 
     expect(screen.getByRole("status")).toHaveTextContent("Loading therapy library");
-    expect(screen.queryByText(/Source-grounded therapy records and clinical pathways/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Source-grounded therapy records\./)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByRole("heading", { name: "Frequently used therapies" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 
     expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent("Therapy Compass could not load");
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ describe("Therapy Compass required data recovery", () => {
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Retry" }));
 
     expect(await screen.findByRole("heading", { name: "Therapy" })).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText(/1 source-grounded therapy record and clinical pathways/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/1 source-grounded therapy record\./)).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByRole("alert")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     await waitFor(() => expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
   });