article_snippet: Under a quarter of trainees chose to go into general practice last year - with just over 5,000 applicants in total.
article_snippet: Andy Burnham (above), shadow minister for health, said the figures prove The NHS is suffering from a GP recruitment crisis .
article_snippet: Andy Burnham (above), shadow minister for health, said the figures prove The NHS is suffering from a GP recruitment crisis.
article_snippet: GP services have gone into freefall under this government.
article_snippet: David Cameron promised to put GPs at the heart of The NHS, but instead caused a new GP recruitment crisis,' David Cameron told the Observer.
article_snippet: But GP leaders have said that the advertisements will not  solve a GP recruitment crisis.
article_snippet: Dr Ken Deacon, medical director of the North Midlands at NHS England, said that the problem was newly qualified GPs being outnumbered by those nearing retirement.
article_snippet: This has contributed to an annual shortage of 450 to 550 GPs, the Migration Advisory Committee warned.
highlights_snippet: Andy Burnham MP said NHS is experiencing a 'GP recruitment crisis' 