Police are trying to find two patients who escaped from St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital on February 12.

A statement from the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) said both patients were being held in Forensic Ward-27 but left the facility without authorisation on the morning of February 12 at around 6 am.

When staff realised the patients were missing, they called the police. The statement said the NWRHA was "fully co-operating with law-enforcement authorities in their ongoing efforts to locate the individuals."