Sign in

Sarah E Seaton

@saraheseaton.bsky.social
353 followers 289 following 171 posts

Paediatric epidemiologist with TIMMS in #PedsICU, co-PI of @picanetaudit.bsky.social (PICANet). Associate Prof. #AuntieRara. She/her 🏳️‍🌈 Views all mine

PostsRepliesMedia
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Personally and professionally 2025 has been pretty tough. But the one thing I’ve been reminded of is the importance of breaks, & how great colleagues help make sure you get them. Here’s just a few of the shows I’ve see this year - this is a favourite way of spending my days off!
Photos from the shows I’ve seen
030
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Poignant evening with @wearetradehealth.bsky.social marking trans day of remembrance with a fairy light lit walk and then a moment of reflection. Remember the dead and fight for the living #TDOR
A wreath made from the trans colours
032
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Mindfulness in a box. Buying Lego is basically self care at this stage.
A box of Lego aquarium
050
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Ashleigh E Butler @ashleighebutler.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Thrilled to share my latest publication, undertaken in collaboration with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses End-of-Life Advisory Panel, exploring nurse and family perspectives on #end-of-life care for children in #ICU. Full text available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sciencedirect.com
Parents’ and nurses’ experiences of end-of-life care in intensive care for children: A systematic review
The provision of end-of-life care for children in intensive care is a stressful and traumatic event for parents with immediate and life-long impacts. …
031
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Ashleigh E Butler @ashleighebutler.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
How do siblings of critically ill infants experience the #NICU? Come along to #Siblings in #PedsICU Research Interest Group to hear Dr Suza Trajkovski discuss findings from her integrative review and offer suggestions for support! Date: Nov 18th @ 8am AEDT Find out more: a.butler@latrobe.edu.au
154
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Tim van Hasselt @tim-van-hasselt.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I had a great chat with Rupa from St Louis for the Incubator podcast, talking about how we train in neonatology in the UK, and my research www.the-incubator.org/post/343-inv...
the-incubator.org
#343 - Investigating preterm birth and readmission to the PICU (Dr. Tim Van Hasselt)
Hello friends 👋In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Tim Van Hasselt, who is now a NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer and Neonatal Subspeciality Registrar (fellow-equivalent) at the Uni...
131
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Don’t post here much. Definitely don’t atm as I am in the middle of an ocean.
Sunset from a boat
040
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Welcome to 2025. #ItsDoctorActually #EverydaySexism
030
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Ashleigh E Butler @ashleighebutler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Interested in how visiting relatives in #ICU or #PICU impacts children? Come along to the #Siblings in #PedsICU Research Interest Group to hear A/Prof Giulia Lamiani discuss her recent study findings & share tips for support! Date: Aug 18th @ 5:30pm AEST Find out more: a.butler@latrobe.edu.au
243
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I’m delighted that I’ve received Senior Fellowship of the HEA. Especially pleased that this was in part due to my role in supporting student welfare. @advancehe.bsky.social #SFHEA
Screenshot of my sfhea certificate
170
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Paediatric Critical Care Society @pccsociety.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Warning ‼️ The #pccs2025 conference early bird window closes in 2 weeks. If you want to get your tickets at the discounted rate make sure to book before the window ends on 1st August. Follow the link below to book www.pccsbelfast25.com #pedsicu #giantsteps
033
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) @hqip.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
New research published in @lancetchildadol.bsky.social, using data from @picanetaudit.bsky.social (commissioned by @hqip.bsky.social), highlights inequalities in UK paediatric intensive care. www.hqip.org.uk/news/picanet...
134
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health @lancetchildadol.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Read the full article here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #OpenAccess #OA #PCCSky
thelancet.com
Contribution of ethnicity and deprivation to paediatric critical care outcomes in the UK, 2008–21: a national retrospective cohort study
Variation in PICU mortality by ethnicity and area-level deprivation highlights the importance of further investigation into systemic drivers of disparities in PICU outcomes in the UK. Targeted strateg...
011
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
A great day at @pccsociety.bsky.social Acute Transport Group talking all things #PedsICU. Thanks for having me, as always! Great to run our research prioritisation exercise. Watch this space! 👀 @picanetaudit.bsky.social
London eye in monochrome
020
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
📣 PhD opportunity 📣 Want to do a PhD exploring how children’s home environments interact with their health? Take a look, I hear the supervisors are great #PedsICU #PhDChat ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/improving-th...
ufncollaboratory.ac.uk
How can childhood health inequalities be reduced by improving indoor home environments in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland? - Collaboratory Research Hub
Collaboratory 2025 PhD Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: How can childhood health inequalities be reduced by improving indoor home environments in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland?...
081
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I know working in a hospital is hard, but remember when you are rude to a patient because you are grumpy or stressed, they may literally be having the worse day of their life already.
020
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Another day, another film I won’t see. But I’m sure he won’t want to sit on my knee forever so I’d never push him off. Although at nearly 7 years old he is well over half my height now! #AuntieRara
130
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care @espnic.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We proudly welcome Prof. Joseph Manning as the newly elected Nursing President of #ESPNIC! Congratulations! 💫 #CriticalCare #CriticalCareNurses #ScientificLeadership #PedsICU #NICU
0104
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Ashleigh E Butler @ashleighebutler.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Want to know more about supporting #siblings in #PICU? Come along to the #Siblings in #PedsICU Research Interest Group to hear Kate Strickland present on the role of CLT, and practical tips to support siblings & families! Date: May 12th, @ 4:30pm AEST Find out more: a.butler@latrobe.edu.au
143
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
WFPICCS @wfpiccs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
🎉World PICU Awareness Week 2025 begins today! 🌍This week, we celebrate the incredible professionals in pediatric intensive care, champions of resilience, innovation, and hope. 🎙️Daily global podcast series starts with Oceania! 🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GEN6o6BxNQ&feature=youtu.be #WPAW25
053
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Are you the parent/carer of a child who has been cared for in #PedsICU?* We are looking for support on the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network Steering Group. Interested? Feel free to email me: sarah.seaton@leicester.ac.uk *We'd also love to hear from any young adults with lived experience
032
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Are you the parent/carer of a child who has been cared for in #PedsICU?* We are looking for support on the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network Steering Group. Interested? Feel free to email me: sarah.seaton@leicester.ac.uk *We'd also love to hear from any young adults with lived experience
032
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
When you want to watch the film, but everyone has to be as close to you as humanely possible #PaddingtonInPeru
020
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
An afternoon of live orchestra performing “how to train your dragon”. One of my fave films, exceptional music, and a great day out with my wonderful Dad.
030
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
So pleased with our MedPride postcards/leaflets! MedPride is a staff-student group working to improve LGBTQ+ inclusivity in medicine at Leicester & beyond. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
030
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Yes my hair is blue
170
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I am good not thinking about five years ago. We are here and we are in this moment. We are together and we are happy. I’ve seen awful and I don’t need to look back again.
Me and my niece and nephew in front of a tractor
150
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
How lucky am I that I get to be Chair of the Trustees for this awesome charity in the year it turns 25?! 🥳🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
051
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I’m looking forward to attending, and speaking at, this super important day focusing on how we can improve care for these children in (and outside of) #PedsICU
060
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🌟 Today I gave the "Rising Star" lecture to The Neonatal Society! 🌟 Absolutely delighted to have been recognised for my contributions to perinatal and paediatric epidemiology today by The Neonatal Society. Huge thanks to my wonderful colleagues & friends for supporting me!
Screenshot of my title slide
051
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
On #InternationalWomensDay I want to wish my niece Piper a happy second birthday. The most fiercely independently girl I know. You entered the world with a bang. Never change, the world needs you stubborn and fierce 🔥 love #AuntieRara
161
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
On #InternationalWomensDay I want to wish my niece Piper a happy second birthday. The most fiercely independently girl I know. You entered the world with a bang. Never change, the world needs you stubborn and fierce 🔥 love #AuntieRara
161
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Trade @wearetradehealth.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Have you witnessed or experienced hate targeting the LGBTQ+ community in #Leicestershire? Join us for our community safety training sessions - share your experiences, know your rights, stay safe, get support Next event: 8th March, 11:00-15:00, Hinckley Sign up: forms.office.com/e/C9ue3V6D3A
The silhouette of the Leicester skyline with the buildings in the colours of the trans flag. The buildings seem to be reflected in water and these reflections are in the colours of the rainbow flag.

Text:
Street Smart
Free Community Safety Training
8th March, Hinckley
22nd March, Loughborough
5th April, Leicester
012
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Today is #RaraAppreciationDay so if you haven’t met them yet these are my niblings: Caleb (6.5 years) & Piper (2 next week). They don’t call me Auntie (in fact they have an Auntie Sarah) they call me Rara. We have lots of adventures together. Here we are last year on World Book Day 🙃
Caleb and me sitting and reading upside down with Piper prodding Caleb’s head
050
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Trade @wearetradehealth.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
As #LGBTHistoryMonth comes to an end, we want to celebrate Trade’s own history of activism and social change. Trade started out as a community response to HIV in Leicester in the 1990s. Do you recognise anyone in the photos? We’d love to hear your memories of Trade’s early days.
041
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network @picanetaudit.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The PICANet data dashboard has now been refreshed to include the provisional data from October 2024. You can access it via our website here: picanet.org.uk/data-collect...
Dark blue background, with white text. Featuring the red PICANet logo. 
The text reads: The PICANet Data Dashboard has now been updated to include the provisional data from October 2024. 

Take a look for insights into PICU and specialist paediatric critical care transport service activity and performance against PICANet’s clinically agreed key metrics.
011
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
So delighted to see this publication out in print, a topic I’m really passionate about, exploring the concept of family in #PedsICU Family Centred Care research. Excellently led by our wonderful joint first authors @ashleighebutler.bsky.social & @ebichard.bsky.social
021
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Ashleigh E Butler @ashleighebutler.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Absolutely thrilled to share my latest publication, exploring the concept of family in #PICU #FCC research. An important milestone as the first publication from the #Siblings in #PedsICU International Research Interest Group too! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sciencedirect.com
Exploring ‘family’ in paediatric intensive care family-centred-care research: A concept analysis
Family-Centred Care (FCC) is a cornerstone of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) care. While FCC is well defined, debate exists as to how ‘family’ …
2118
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
We all should all learn something from a (nearly) two year old, seeing her first ever rainbow, demanding to be taken outside and then refusing to move till it vanished despite getting soaked 🌈 #AuntieRara
Me and my niece looking at a rainbow, I’m wearing flip flops
040
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Woah, I’m taking back everything I’ve ever said about Valentines Day, the perfect card does exist ❤️ #ValentinesDay #GalentinesDay
Valentines card with Linda from the traitors on the cover
000
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science this is what a woman in science looks like: -a BSc Maths - MSc Med Stats - PhD Neonatal Epidemiology - Chartered Statistician - Associate Prof & Co-PI of @picanetaudit.bsky.social - Lover of bright dresses; post-apocalyptic fiction; 80s pop & Lego
a photo of me
1263
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care @espnic.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
3 days left to submit your abstract for #ESPNIC 2025! Share your findings with global #neonatal and #paediatric #IntensiveCare community! Deadline: Friday, 7 February, 2025! Submit here✅ : bit.ly/ESPNIC-Abstr... Register now☑️ : bit.ly/ESPNIC-REGIS...
012
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Interested in supporting all things LGBTQ+ health? The excellent @wearetradehealth.bsky.social (I am the Chair of their Trustees) have arrived on BlueSky! Trade also support *anyone* affected by HIV. Give them a follow to hear more about our work 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
0184
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It’s February! It’s #LGBTQHistoryMonth and I can’t wait to show you what we’ve planned to commemorate inclusivity in healthcare. More next week! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
140
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Ashleigh E Butler @ashleighebutler.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Interested in the experiences of siblings in #PICU? Come along to the #Siblings in #PedsICU Research Interest Group to hear Dr Lizzie Bichard present her PhD findings from The heArt sibLings imPact Study (ALPS). Date: Feb 5th, 2025, at 8am AEDT Find out more at: a.butler@latrobe.edu.au
A photo of nurse researcher Dr Elizabeth Bichard, smiling at the camera.
022
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
WFPICCS @wfpiccs.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We’re excited to be on Bluesky & connect with our members & the global #PedsICU community!
1178
Reposted by Sarah E Seaton
Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network @picanetaudit.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The PICANet data dashboard has now been refreshed to include the provisional data from September 2024. You can access it via our website here: picanet.org.uk/data-collect...
Dark blue background, with white text. Featuring the red PICANet logo. 
The text reads: The PICANet Data Dashboard has now been updated to include the provisional data from September 2024. 

Take a look for insights into PICU and specialist paediatric critical care transport service activity and performance against PICANet’s clinically agreed key metrics.
032
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
MedPRIDE have our first (small but important) celebration of LGBTQ+ history month landing this February. Watch this space! To read more about the work of MedPRIDE take a look at our website, we have more planned! le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equa...
A screen shot of a powerpoint advertising LGBT+ history month
030
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Proud that work from my @nihr.bsky.social Advanced Fellowship was selected as Editor's Choice in the January edition of Australian Critical Care: Creating a home with a critically ill child. Take a look (available open access): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @josephcmanning.bsky.social
screenshot of the journal home page
093
Sarah E Seaton @saraheseaton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions, but like every year I aim to try & approach everything positively (moaning allowed now & then!) & do more things I love. Im enjoying my work & next week got a day off to see Hamilton (again!)
media.tenor.com
a man in a costume with a crown on his head is holding a wand
ALT: a man in a costume with a crown on his head is holding a wand
020