One thing that annoys me is football managers who have no top level playing experience
The crossover in skillset between frontline health professional and secretary of state for health is essentially zero.
And yet, often footballers do actually make quite good football managers.
More than that though, sometimes people who work with the reserves or youth team of a great club, make great managers. Zidane. Pep. Tito. They know the club, understand it, know what needs to be changed. Both Pep and Zidane were great players and understand how to be a great player. Both Pep and Zidane worked with the youth team, getting to know the role. Sir Alex played as both a player and as a manager, first in the lower leagues of Scotland finally working his way up to Man Utd
Oh, and that person you are claiming had no top level experience?
He had a tonne of relevant top level experience, experience where he'd learnt from the very best. First at Sporting, with Sir Bobby Robson, then at Porto, with Sir Bobby Robson and finally at Barcelona, with Sir Bobby Robson.
No top level experience indeed.
I think what you've said about the "skillset between frontline health professional and secretary of state for health" being completely different is entirely correct. They are hugely different skills, which is why Parliament isn't filled with Doctors and Surgeons. But I think you are entirely incorrect in saying that there would be no benefit whatsoever. Even your average doctor and nurse would have a much clearer understanding of what problems are facing the NHS than Jeremy Hunt.
But being Health Secretary is very different from being Chancellor. This idea of shuffling MPs around the cabinet is nonsensical. It's like asking an Accountant to also be a Doctor