There was growing pressure on the Harley Medical Group last night to agree a deal on the removal and replacement of PIP breast implants from the 1,100 women affected by the defective products.

Pregnant women are living with the nightmare of being unable to remove their ruptured breast implants, which are leaking industrial grade silicone, until their babies are born.

A mother of one said she was told she deserved cancer after she revealed that she was one of the women fitted with the breast implants that sparked a global health scare.