diff --git a/src/app/work-mode.css b/src/app/work-mode.css
index 9714f5ca10..ea2587856e 100644
--- a/src/app/work-mode.css
+++ b/src/app/work-mode.css
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ body {
   gap: calc(var(--spacing) * 2.25);
 }
 
+/* A column with nothing in it takes no gap; a dock spans every column. */
+.work-columns > :empty {
+  display: none;
+}
+
 @media (min-width: 1024px) {
   .work-split {
     grid-template-columns: minmax(17rem, 22rem) minmax(0, 1fr);
@@ -259,6 +264,32 @@ body {
   .work-columns[data-columns="3"] {
     grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
   }
+
+  /* Keep a remaining dock in the first column when the right column is empty. */
+  .work-columns:has(> :nth-child(2):empty) {
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
+  }
+}
+
+/* The CPD log's filter column (from 1024px, desktop layout audit 11 Oct 2026):
+   it holds every filter, so the chip row over the list steps aside, the
+   column's chips wrap rather than cut off mid-word, and the Log button sits
+   over the list instead of across the column. */
+@media (min-width: 1024px) {
+  [data-filter-column] .work-chips {
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    row-gap: calc(var(--spacing) * 1.5);
+    overflow-x: visible;
+    mask-image: none;
+  }
+
+  .work-chips[data-beside-filters] {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  .work-dock[data-beside-filters] {
+    margin-inline-start: calc(var(--spacing) * 72);
+  }
 }
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ the band */
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/ClinicalSidebar.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/ClinicalSidebar.tsx
index 9ac201bfe1..eadd8378cc 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/ClinicalSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/ClinicalSidebar.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
+import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
 import {
   useEffect,
   useRef,
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ import {
   ClinicalMenuWorkAreas,
   clinicalMenuTabId,
 } from "@/components/clinical-dashboard/clinical-menu-drawer";
-import { LazyWorkSideCounts } from "@/components/work-frame/lazy-work-side-nav";
 import { useWorkSideCounts } from "@/components/work-frame/work-frame-store";
 import { useNewWorkMode } from "@/components/work-mode-launch/work-mode-launch-provider";
 import { needsYouBellVisibleForAuth } from "@/lib/needs-you/homes";
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ import type { ModeMenuSideId } from "@/lib/phone-mode-groups";
 import { useAuthSession } from "@/lib/supabase/client";
 import type { WorkAreaId } from "@/lib/work-frame/areas";
 
+// The counts reader is loaded straight from its own file. Going through
+// work-frame/lazy-work-side-nav would pull in the two-pane menu, which imports
+// this file back and makes an import cycle.
+const LazyCountsReader = dynamic(
+  () => import("@/components/work-frame/work-side-counts-reader").then((module) => module.WorkSideCountsReader),
+  { ssr: false },
+);
+
+function LazyWorkSideCounts({ active }: { readonly active: boolean }) {
+  return active ? <LazyCountsReader /> : null;
+}
+
 export type SidebarIdentity = {
   displayName: string;
   initials: string;
diff --git a/src/components/cme/cme-dashboard-whats-left.tsx b/src/components/cme/cme-dashboard-whats-left.tsx
index 7e97ea438b..942ab06bd7 100644
--- a/src/components/cme/cme-dashboard-whats-left.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cme/cme-dashboard-whats-left.tsx
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ export function CmeWhatsLeft({
       end={
         // A short word: held to the 48 px tap width, its words kept at the right edge.
         <CmeTextLink href={`/cme/check?year=${set.year}`} testId="cme-year-check-link" className="min-w-12 justify-end">
-          Report
+          End of year
         </CmeTextLink>
       }
     >
diff --git a/src/components/cme/cme-dashboard.tsx b/src/components/cme/cme-dashboard.tsx
index 68e4602ec1..a34f9936e9 100644
--- a/src/components/cme/cme-dashboard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cme/cme-dashboard.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { CME_LOG_TRIGGER_ATTRIBUTE, openCmeQuickLog } from "@/components/cme/cme
 import { useCmeTeachingUnloggedCount } from "@/components/cme/cme-teaching-prompt";
 import { CmeBandAction, CmeKvCard, cmeFreshnessEyebrow } from "@/components/cme/cme-work-kit";
 import { CmeYearInWeeks } from "@/components/cme/cme-year-in-weeks";
-import { WorkBody } from "@/components/mode-kit/work";
+import { WorkColumns } from "@/components/work-frame/work-desktop-layout";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { NewWorkModeOnly } from "@/components/work-mode-launch/work-mode-launch-provider";
 import { addDays, expandEvents } from "@/lib/calendar/calendar-event";
@@ -607,15 +607,15 @@ export function CmeDashboard({
       />,
     );
   }
-  // "What's left" carries the only other link to the Report; when it is hidden this row keeps the
-  // Report (exports, closing the year, Customise) one tap away.
+  // "What's left" carries the only other link to End of year; when it is hidden this row keeps
+  // End of year (what is missing, evidence, handing it in) one tap away.
   if (!showWhatsLeft) {
     aboutRows.push(
       <CmeFlatRow
         key="check"
         testId="cme-about-year-check"
-        title="Report"
-        subtitle="The year check, exports and closing the year"
+        title="End of year"
+        subtitle="What is missing, evidence to tidy, and handing it in"
         href={`/cme/check?year=${set.year}`}
       />,
     );
@@ -660,20 +660,26 @@ export function CmeDashboard({
     <main className="w-full" data-testid="cme-year-page">
       <div className="contents">{status}</div>
       <div data-mode-identity="cme" data-testid="cme-year-body" className="min-w-0">
-        <WorkBody>
-          {summary}
-          {nextStepNode}
-          {toLog}
-          {whatsLeft}
-          {chipsNode}
-          <NewWorkModeOnly>
-            <ApplicationsTodayCard today={today} />
-          </NewWorkModeOnly>
-          {byCategory}
-          {alsoForYou}
-          {about}
+        {/* One column on a phone, in this order. From 1024px the year and what is left sit on the left, and
+            the dates and the year's details on the right (11 Oct 2026 layout audit). */}
+        <WorkColumns>
+          <div>
+            {summary}
+            {nextStepNode}
+            {toLog}
+            {whatsLeft}
+            {chipsNode}
+          </div>
+          <div>
+            <NewWorkModeOnly>
+              <ApplicationsTodayCard today={today} />
+            </NewWorkModeOnly>
+            {byCategory}
+            {alsoForYou}
+            {about}
+          </div>
           {dock}
-        </WorkBody>
+        </WorkColumns>
       </div>
 
       <CmeTodayDetailSheet
diff --git a/src/components/cme/cme-log-page.tsx b/src/components/cme/cme-log-page.tsx
index 3501567c9f..2fb1d4beb9 100644
--- a/src/components/cme/cme-log-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cme/cme-log-page.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { useCmeTeachingUnloggedCount } from "@/components/cme/cme-teaching-promp
 import { CmeBandAction, CmeBanner, CmeHint, CmeNoteLine } from "@/components/cme/cme-work-kit";
 import { useModeBandHeading } from "@/components/mode-band/mode-band";
 import { useWorkUndoToast, WorkBody } from "@/components/mode-kit/work";
+import { WorkWidePage } from "@/components/work-frame/work-desktop-layout";
 import { Sheet } from "@/components/ui/sheet";
 import { SearchField } from "@/components/ui/text-field";
 import { cn, InlineNotice } from "@/components/ui-primitives";
@@ -367,6 +368,7 @@ export function CmeLogPage({
         <aside
           aria-label="Filter your log"
           data-testid="cme-log-filter-column"
+          data-filter-column=""
           className="hidden lg:sticky lg:top-4 lg:block"
         >
           <CmeLogFilterPanel
@@ -402,7 +404,13 @@ export function CmeLogPage({
           </button>
         </div>
 
-        <div role="group" aria-label="Narrow the log" className="work-chips flex-wrap">
+        {/* From 1024px the side column holds the year, category and audit filters, so the chip row would repeat them. */}
+        <div
+          role="group"
+          aria-label="Narrow the log"
+          className="work-chips flex-wrap"
+          data-beside-filters={wide ? "" : undefined}
+        >
           {yearChip}
           <button
             ref={categoryButtonRef}
@@ -626,6 +634,9 @@ export function CmeLogPage({
     </>
   );
 
+  // The log with its filter column is a wide page from 1024px, so the list keeps a readable width; To finish stays a reading page.
+  const LogBody = showFinish ? WorkBody : WorkWidePage;
+
   return (
     <main data-testid="cme-log-page" data-mode-identity="cme" className="w-full">
       {showFinish ? null : (
@@ -636,7 +647,7 @@ export function CmeLogPage({
           testId="cme-log-filter-action"
         />
       )}
-      <WorkBody>
+      <LogBody>
         <PageTitleUnderBand className={cmePageTitle}>{showFinish ? "To finish" : "Log"}</PageTitleUnderBand>
         <div role="status" data-testid="cme-log-saved" className="contents">
           {justSaved ? <CmeBanner icon={Check}>Saved to your log.</CmeBanner> : null}
@@ -657,7 +668,12 @@ export function CmeLogPage({
 
         {showFinish ? finish : activities}
 
-        <div className="work-dock" role="group" aria-label="Log actions">
+        <div
+          className="work-dock"
+          role="group"
+          aria-label="Log actions"
+          data-beside-filters={wide && !showFinish ? "" : undefined}
+        >
           <div className="work-dock__capsule">
             <Link
               href={`/cme/new?year=${set.year}`}
@@ -683,7 +699,7 @@ export function CmeLogPage({
             ) : null}
           </div>
         </div>
-      </WorkBody>
+      </LogBody>
 
       {!showFinish ? (
         <>
diff --git a/tests/challenger-m4-2-empirical.dom.test.tsx b/tests/challenger-m4-2-empirical.dom.test.tsx
index 769a514021..396e01b008 100644
--- a/tests/challenger-m4-2-empirical.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/challenger-m4-2-empirical.dom.test.tsx
@@ -301,16 +301,15 @@ describe("Empirical Challenger M4-2 Verification Suite", () => {
       expect(diffContent).toContain("pb-[calc(6.25rem+var(--safe-area-bottom))]");
     });
 
-    // The CPD Year page now sits in the shared WorkBody, which owns the home-bar
-    // clearance (work-mode redesign, owner request 6 Oct 2026).
-    it("verifies var(--safe-area-bottom) clears the CPD Year page through WorkBody", () => {
-      expect(cmeContent).toContain("<WorkBody>");
+    // The CPD Year page sits in the desktop frame's WorkColumns (desktop layout audit,
+    // 11 Oct 2026), whose shared rule owns the home-bar clearance like WorkBody's.
+    it("verifies var(--safe-area-bottom) clears the CPD Year page through WorkColumns", () => {
+      expect(cmeContent).toContain("<WorkColumns>");
       const workCss = readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), "src/app/work-mode.css"), "utf8");
-      const workBodyRule = workCss.slice(
-        workCss.indexOf(".work-body {"),
-        workCss.indexOf("}", workCss.indexOf(".work-body {")),
-      );
-      expect(workBodyRule).toContain("var(--safe-area-bottom, 0px)");
+      const start = workCss.indexOf(".work-columns {");
+      const columnsRule = workCss.slice(start, workCss.indexOf("}", start));
+      expect(start).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+      expect(columnsRule).toContain("var(--safe-area-bottom, 0px)");
     });
 
     it("confirms zero raw env(safe-area-inset-bottom) occurrences in differential presentation and cme dashboard", () => {
diff --git a/tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts b/tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts
index 077e8f3414..1aa861384a 100644
--- a/tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/ui-smoke.spec.ts
@@ -1245,7 +1245,9 @@ test.describe("PsychSift UI smoke coverage", () => {
     await waitForDemoDashboardReady(page);
 
     const menu = await openMobileClinicalGuideMenu(page);
-    await menu.getByRole("link", { name: "Medication" }).click();
+    // The menu lists Medication twice by design: once as a pinned shortcut and once
+    // under its group. The shortcut is the one this test is about.
+    await menu.getByRole("navigation", { name: "Pinned shortcuts" }).getByRole("link", { name: "Medication" }).click();
 
     await expect.poll(() => new URL(page.url()).pathname, { timeout: 30_000 }).toBe("/");
     await expect.poll(() => new URL(page.url()).searchParams.get("mode"), { timeout: 30_000 }).toBe("prescribing");
@@ -1568,7 +1570,7 @@ test.describe("PsychSift UI smoke coverage", () => {
     await moreModesSheet.getByRole("button", { name: "Close more modes" }).click();
     expect(
       await navigation.getByRole("link").evaluateAll((links) => links.map((link) => link.getAttribute("aria-label"))),
-    ).toEqual(["My Day", "Answer", "Documents", "Services", "Medication", "Factsheets", "Forms", "Tools"]);
+    ).toEqual(["My Day", "Answer", "Documents", "Services", "Psychiatry", "Medication", "Forms", "Factsheets"]);
     await expect(rail.getByTestId("sidebar-more-modes")).toBeVisible();
     await expect(rail.getByTestId("sidebar-more-modes")).toBeFocused();
 
@@ -1584,14 +1586,18 @@ test.describe("PsychSift UI smoke coverage", () => {
       { path: "/documents", label: "Documents" },
       { path: "/favourites", label: "Favourites" },
       { path: "/medications", label: "Medication" },
-      { path: "/tools", label: "Tools" },
+      // Tools left the menu (usefulness and layout audit, 11 Oct 2026); Psychiatry,
+      // which now holds Calculators and Dictionary, is pinned in its place.
+      { path: "/psychiatry", label: "Psychiatry" },
     ] as const) {
       await gotoApp(page, route.path);
       if (route.path.includes("mode=answer")) {
         await waitForDemoDashboardReady(page);
       }
 
-      const activeLink = page.getByRole("link", { name: route.label, exact: true });
+      const activeLink = page
+        .getByLabel("PsychSift collapsed sidebar")
+        .getByRole("link", { name: route.label, exact: true });
       await expect(activeLink).toBeVisible();
       await expect(activeLink).toHaveAttribute("aria-current", "page");
     }
diff --git a/tests/ui-tools.spec.ts b/tests/ui-tools.spec.ts
index a8c711bc9d..f5c918a97c 100644
--- a/tests/ui-tools.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/ui-tools.spec.ts
@@ -782,7 +782,8 @@ test.describe("PsychSift tools directory and legacy launcher", () => {
     await expect(servicesMenu.getByRole("menuitemradio", { name: /^Forms\b/ })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(servicesMenu.getByRole("menuitemradio", { name: /^Differentials\b/ })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(servicesMenu.getByRole("menuitemradio", { name: /^Medication\b/ })).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(servicesMenu.getByRole("menuitemradio", { name: /^Tools\b/ })).toBeVisible();
+    // Tools left the mode menu (usefulness and layout audit, 11 Oct 2026).
+    await expect(servicesMenu.getByRole("menuitemradio", { name: /^Tools\b/ })).toHaveCount(0);
     const formsMode = servicesMenu.getByRole("menuitemradio", { name: /^Forms\b/ });
     await waitForReactEventHandler(formsMode);
     await formsMode.click();