Paediatrics
Dr Wendy D’Arrigo
Qualifications
- BSc, St Andrews, 1994
- MBChB, Dundee, 1987
- MRCP, Edinburgh, 1991
- FRCPCH, 2001
Background
1988 – 1996, paediatric rotations in Dundee and Perth.
1996 – 2001, paediatrics and community paediatrics in Islington with neurodisability training at GOSH.
2001 – 2007, consultant community paediatrician in Islington with interests in ASD, ADHD, cerebral palsy and learning difficulties.
Clinics
Monday and Tuesday mornings – Dorchester
First, third and fifth Friday mornings of each month – Weymouth
Thursday morning – once per month at The Forum School
Special interests
Designated doctor for safeguarding at DCHFT and designated doctor for child deaths for West Dorset, Dorset CCG.
Neurodisability including neurobehavioural problems.
Key members of the team
Our team includes a neuro-behaviour support nurse who runs workshops for families and has a small amount of time to work with individual families.
Contact
Clinical work: 01305 253730 (secretary)
Child deaths and safeguarding work: 01305 254748
Dr Abby Deketelaere
Qualifications
- BMed Sci 1997 Nottingham
- BMBS 1999 Nottingham
- MRCPCH 2004
Special interests
Neonatology.
Pre-school development (post SCBU).
Clinics
Neonatal Follow Up clinic on the first and second Thursday of the month
General paediatric clinics on the second, fourth and fifth Wednesdays and first, third, fourth and fifth Fridays of the month.
Key members of the team
Cath Kopecky, specialist physiotherapist for neonatal follow-up clinic
Contact
01305 253331
Dr Julie Doherty
Qualifications
- MB ChB 1987 Liverpool University
- BSc Hons Joint Medical Cell Biology and Biochemistry (Liverpool 1984 intercalated)
- MRCP (UK) 1992
- FRCPCH
- Diploma Medical Education 2004 (Dundee University)
Special interests
Paediatric gastroenterology.
Paediatric Rheumatology (shared care).
Child Protection Assessments.
Clinics
First Tuesday mornings of the month – Weymouth Primary Care Clinics
Second and fourth Tuesday mornings (Paediatric gastroenterology clinic, Children’s Centre) and Friday mornings (General Paediatrics, Weymouth Community Hospital) – referrals accepted on a patch basis
Coeliac clinics (for confirmed diagnoses) – joint paediatric and dietetic clinics on Thursdays x3 per year
Joint Paediatric gastroenterology clinics with tertiary paediatric gastroenterologist Prof Beattie x3 per year (second Thursdays in Jan/May/ Sept)
Referrals via GP/ HV referral – on a Patch based system for general paediatrics
Shared Care Paediatric Rheumatology Clinics clinics (with Dr Alice Leahy from University Hospitals Southampton) three times per year (Monday afternoons)
Contact
01305 255182 (secretary)
Dr Salwa Hanna (Specialty Doctor in Community Paediatrics)
Qualifications
- DCH, 1994, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
- MRCPCH, 2002, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London
Background
Trained in general paediatrics in different hospitals in the UK. Specialised in community paediatrics since 1998.
Started working part-time with Dorset County Hospital in community paediatrics in 2002.
Also work part-time in community paediatrics for East Dorset.
Special interests
Paediatrics neurodevelopment.
Clinics
Based at Dorset County Hospital. Clinics held at the hospital and peripheral clinics at different locations depending on the service needs.
Contact
01305 254707
Dr Clare Hollingsworth
Qualifications
- BM Medicine (Hons), Southampton 2005
- MRCPCH, 2010
- PGCert Paediatrics and Child Health (Distinction), Imperial College 2016
Background
2007-2018, General paediatric training in Wessex.
I was appointed as a General Paediatrician in Dorchester in September 2018. I have taken the lead for paediatric critical care utilising the experience I gained working in Paediatric Intensive Care in Southampton from 2015-2016.
I am joining Dr Parslow in covering outpatients in North Dorset, with a regular clinic at Blandford Community Hospital.
I am the paediatric representative at the maternal-foetal MDT and for the Cygnet Home Birth Team.
I have an interest in education and am educational supervisor for two foundation doctors as well as recently taking on the role of college tutor within paediatrics. I am also developing an interest in paediatric endocrinology alongside the tertiary specialists from Southampton and am now leading the paediatric arm of the regional familial hypercholesterolemia service. I am the deputy lead for shared care paediatric oncology.
Special interests
Paediatric critical care.
Education.
Paediatric endocrinology.
Clinics
All day general paediatric clinic (new and follow-up) on Thursdays in Blandford, weeks 1,3 and 4.
Contact
01305 255206
Dr Penny Mancais
Qualifications
- MB BS, London, 1989
- DCH, 1994
- MRCPCH, 1996
- Diploma Neurodisabiliy, Sheffield, 2003
- FRCPCH, 2005
Background
I did five years with the Royal Navy on leaving medical school. I did several years of adult medicine and a year of general practice before embarking on my paediatric career. I have had extensive general paediatric training in London and the West Midlands. I have been in Dorchester since 2003 as a paediatric consutlant.
Special interests
Clinical lead.
Governance lead for paediatrics.
Children with complex neurodisability and associated medical problems.
Childhood epilepsy.
Paediatric Palliative Care and End of Life.
Under 5 ASD assessments.
Child protection assessments.
Clinics
Blandford second Thursday of the month AM
ASD clinic every Monday
Epilepsy clinics three times a month
Neurodisability clinics weekly
Rapid access during call weeks
Yewstock school termly
Contact
01305 253332
Dr Ruth Newman
Qualifications
- Imperial College School of Medicine 1999-2005
- MBBS Bsc MRCPCH
- CCT January 2019
Background
Joined DCH in April 2019. Trained in general paediatrics.
Majority of training in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
Instruct on Acute Paediatric Life Support courses.
Joint medical student and physician’s associate lead.
Special interests
Undertaking MSc in Allergy at Southampton and joining the allergy service at DCH.
Chronic fatigue.
Clinics
Allergy clinics
Chronic fatigue clinics
General paediatric clinics (Dorchester and Bridport)
Contact
01305 255206
Dr Phil Parslow (General Paediatrics with an interest in Paediatric Nephrology)
Specialty
Paediatrics
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) 1996 Manchester
- MB ChB 1999 Manchester
- MRCPCH 2002 London
- Postgraduate Certificate Medical Education 2006 Dundee
Background
Grew up in Dorset, attended medical school in Manchester. Did House Officer and Senior House Officer posts in North West before returning to Wessex for paediatric registrar training.
Worked in Dorchester as registrar on three occasions before obtaining consultant post in October 2009.
Training Programme Director for Paediatrics in Wessex.
Special interests
Paediatric nephrology.
Medical education.
Clinics
General Paediatrics (Childrens Centre DCH) Monday mornings weeks 1 and 3 of the month
Paediatric Nephrology (Childrens Centre DCH) Monday mornings weeks 2 and 4 of the month
General paediatrics Blandford Community Hospital All day Thursday week 1 and 3
Contact
01305 253332
Dr Deepa Shenoy
Qualifications
- MBBS 2003
- MRCPCH 2009
- CCT 2016
Background
I completed my basic medical degree from Bangalore Medical College in India. All my Paediatric training has been mainly in Wessex with 18 months of Paediatric Cardiology experience at Southampton. I have worked at Dorset County Hospital during my training before being appointed as a Consultant in 2016.
Special Interests
Paediatric Cardiology.
Joint lead for medical students and Physicians associates.
SHO rota co-ordinator.
Weekly Learning zone co-ordinator.
Clinics
Weekly Wednesday General Paediatric clinic covering Dorchester Patch
First and last Thursday General Paediatric clinic covering Dorchester Patch
Twice monthly Monday Cardiac Clinic jointly with Dr Bokhandi from Poole
Monthly tertiary Cardiac Clinic with Dr Black ,Paediatric Cardiologist from Southampton
Contact
Secretary Paula Bull: 01305253331
Dr William Verling
Qualifications
- BSc (London) 1998
- MBBS 2001 (GKT)
- MRCPCH 2006
Background
I trained in London, intercalating a BSc in Psychology before graduating in 2001. I did house jobs in Brighton and Tonbridge Wells prior to six months ED in Brisbane/Outback Australia. I then started paediatric training and have worked in Brighton, Wessex and Severn Deanery prior to gaining my consultant post in Dorchester.
Special interests
Ambulatory care.
ADHD.
Cystic Fibrosis.
Respiratory.
Asthma.
New treatments introduced
Set up rapid access clinics in Dorchester.
Helped set up combined behavioural clinic in Weymouth.
Clinics
Wed AM – general/respiratory/CF clinics on alternating weeks
Fri AM – combined behavioural/general Weymouth alternating weeks
Started virtual outpatient clinics at DCH
Contact
01305 255206
Dr William Ward
Qualifications
- MB ChB, Leicester, 1991
- FRCPCH
Special interests
Paediatric diabetes.
Clinics
Paediatric diabetes clinics on a Tuesday morning, weeks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Paediatric diabetes clinics on Thursday afternoons, weeks 1, 3 and 5
Contact
Secretary Sharon Brooks 01305 254751
Dr Philip Wylie
Qualifications
- MBChB, 1984, Bristol
- BSc, 1981, Bristol
- DCH, 1987, London
- MRCP, 1987, London
- Dip Obs, 1988, NZ
- DTM&H, 1992, London
- FRCPCH, 1997
Background
General paediatrician covering in Bridport.
Special interests
Paediatric oncology.
Paediatric allergy .
Clinics
The Children’s Centre, DCH – first and second Tuesday and the fourth Thursday each month
Bridport Community Hospital – third and fourth Tuesday of the month
Allergy Clinic, DCH, Thursday AM week three of every month
Contact
01305 253331
Dr Wei Liang Yap
Qualifications
- MBChB, Glasgow, 1999
- MRCPCH, 2004
Background
Consultant in DCH since 2011.
General paediatric training in West of Scotland region 2001-2005.
Higher specialist paediatric training in Wessex region 2005-2011.
Special interests
Neurodisability and neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum conditions and ADHD
We have regular links with Core-CAMHS, and Learning-Disability CAMHS (SWIFTS)
Clinics
Weekly new-patient and follow-up clinics in the Children’s Centre
Monthly follow-up clinics at some of the special schools: Mountjoy, Wyvern, Westfield
Contact
01305 254703