Genitourinary Medicine
Dr Sara Scofield
Qualifications
2001 MBBCh University of Wales, Cardiff
2005 MRCP London
2007 Diploma in GU Medicine
2008 Diploma FSRH
2010 LoC Subdermal implants
2010 Diploma in HIV medicine
Background
Following gaining MRCP while working in Royal United Hospital, Bath I went on to work in GUM in Chelsea and Westminster at SHO level to get experience of the specialty and decide if this was the career for me. I joined GUM specialty training in Bristol and following CCT worked for a few months as a locum consultant in Salisbury before taking up a substantive consultant post in Weymouth in April 2012.
Special interests
I provide outpatient care for patients with HIV. I have a special interest in young people and lead the young person's service in Weymouth.
Clinics
See https://sexualhealthdorset.org/clinics for details. I only undertake clinics at Sexual Health Dorset @ Weymouth.
I run a clinic in Blandford Community Hospital every Thursday, otherwise I am based in Weymouth Monday-Wednesday.
Contact
Telephone: 0300 303 1948 (public)
GPs can contact me by email sara.scofield@dchft.nhs.uk and also can contact the GUM team through Consultant Connect.
Key members of team
Consultant: Dr Cecilia Priestley
Associate specialist in psychosexual medicine and CASH: Dr Alison Vaughan
Matron: Mr Dave Mansley
Systems manager / PA: Mrs Hilary Loxton
Other information
Sexual health is commissioned by the local authorities, and there is a national move to integration of GUM and contraceptive services. In 2018, sexual health services across Dorset integrated as Sexual Health Dorset, with DHC as the lead provider subcontracting DCH and RBCH.
In September 2020, the clinic in Weymouth moved from The Park Centre for Sexual Health, where we had been based for over 20 years, to the next door building. The contraceptive team from Dorchester also moved to the new premises, called Sexual Health Dorset @ Weymouth.
The service offers STI testing for people who live in Dorset through our partnership with Sexual Health:24 https://sh24.org.uk/
Please visit the website for further information about the service: https://sexualhealthdorset.org/clinics
GPs can contact the GUM team for specialist advice through Consultant Connect.