FOI release

Use of Dysport in hernia surgery.

Case reference FOI2026/00176

Received 18 February 2026

Published 24 March 2026

Request

I shall be grateful if you will provide information as follows: 1) Is Dysport licensed for use in hernia surgery in the UK? 2) In the event it is licensed please outline the conditions for its use in hospitals. 3) Are all hospitals able to use it? In the event the use is limited which ones are allowed to do so? 4) Has the MHRA been notified of any side effects it has? Have any patients deaths been reported following use of Dysport?

Response

See attached

Documents

• DAP guidance 2020.pdf (119.5 KB)
• Dysport Product Analysis Print (PAP).pdf (407.6 KB)
• FOI2026_00176 (redacted).pdf (1.1 MB)

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