In this episode of Life Stories, Andy Thomas sits down withDr Bevin McCartan, a Sport & Exercise Medicine consultant whose career hastaken her from surgical training and A&E to elite rugby, League Onefootball, and ultimately the Premier League.
Bevin shares a powerful message about what truly makes agreat clinician - not just technical skill, but the ability to communicate,connect and reassure the person sitting in front of you.
“Skill matters - but connection matters more.”
Together, Andy and Bevin dive into:
- Her unconventional journey through medicine
- The realities of elite sport and first-team football
- The barriers women still face in professional sport
- The pressures young clinicians experience today
- Why communication and trust are at the heart of great care
- Life inside one of the world’s biggestfootball clubs
- How she approaches wellbeing, strengthtraining and switching off
