Right.. 40,000 let's say 80,000 nurses... This requires going to university for 4 years taking on a further £9,000 a year in debt as well as having the qualifications to get to uni to do the course in the first place.
Similar situation for these 500,000 care sector workers.
You're suggesting people in all age ranges just find the ability to stop their lives for the required years of training to go into these roles.
You keep coming at me as if I'm a right wing person when I'm not at all, I don't have the answers but I am just pointing out that your simplistic view is just that.