POLICE helicopters and emergency rescue teams are searching for a confused pensioner who went missing from West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds this afternoon.

POLICE helicopters and emergency rescue teams have found a confused pensioner who went missing from West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds this afternoon.

Concerns were raised after the 86-year-old man was reported missing from the site in Hardwick Lane around 4pm, as he was only dressed in light clothing.

The patient was found in the hospital grounds around 8pm.