DOCTORS’ leaders demanded reform of the profession’s pay review body today, branding its supposed independence a “sham.”

The British Medical Association (BMA) slammed a “litany of instances of meddling and interference” by Tory ministers, who appoint members to the review body on the remuneration of doctors and dentists and set its remit.

The association warned that the staffing crisis crippling the NHS cannot be resolved without “wholesale reform” of the pay review system, which health unions withdrew from earlier this month following yet another real-terms pay cut for NHS workers in 2022-23.