article_snippet.sent: The news comes amid a chronic shortage of doctors, and last week
article_snippet.sent: The news was revealed that 10 per cent of patients tried - and failed - to book a GP appointment in 2013/14.
article_snippet.sent: This means patients tried and failed to book almost 34 million GP appointments last year.
article_snippet.sent: In some parts of the UK, more than 60 per cent of positions remain unfilled, sparking fears patients may struggle to see fears patients GP.
article_snippet.sent: The figures, from the GP National Recruitment office website, were disclosed in an investigation by Pulse magazine.
article_snippet.sent: Doctors warn figures mean we may be headed for a recruitment crisis, as there is already a shortage of doctors in many parts of the country .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Krishna Kasaraneni, chair of the British Medical Association's GP education committee told the Telegraph figures show the country is headed towards a 'crisis' in GP recruitment.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Krishna Kasaraneni, chair of the British Medical Association's GP education committee said: 'We saw a significant decline last year and this is looking even worse – with more and more GPs retiring and not being replaced, We are heading towards a major recruitment crisis.'
article_snippet.sent: In many parts of the country, patients are struggling to get access to patients GP because there are too few doctors.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Krishna Kasaraneni, chair of the British Medical Association's GP education committee said: 'Some practices are having to close Some practices doors, others are reducing the level of service, because there just aren't enough doctors and ever more demands on others,' Dr Krishna Kasaraneni, chair of the British Medical Association's GP education committee said.
article_snippet.sent: figures will be a blow Health Education England, the body responsible for GP recruitment, who had set a target to recruit 50 per cent of junior doctors to become GP trainees by 2016.
article_snippet.sent: figures were already forced to push back figures deadline for a target to recruit 50 per cent of junior doctors to become GP trainees by 2016 by a year, after applications for GP training fell in 2014.
highlights_snippet.sent: Doctors warn patients may struggle to see patients GP as there is a shortage .
  