Mental health call-outs: Police find woman missing from hospital

With Police Scotland describing a recent surge in mental health-related call-outs, the BBC followed two uniformed officers on their backshift in Edinburgh city centre.

Watch as PCs David Macleod and Kate Gardner are tasked with finding a woman who absconded from a hospital in the city.

Read more: Police Scotland dealing with surge in mental health call-outs

Video by David Cowan and Morgan Spence

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