Urgent support · UK
If you need help now
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999 or go to A&E now. You deserve support, and you do not have to manage this alone.
Ways to get support
Choose the help you need
NHS 111
In England, call 111 and select the mental health option for urgent support when it is not an immediate emergency.
Call 111Samaritans
Call 116 123 free, day or night, to speak with a listening volunteer. You can talk about whatever is troubling you.
Call 116 123Shout
Text SHOUT to 85258 for free, confidential text support in the UK, available 24 hours a day. If your life is in immediate danger, call 999.
Text 85258Service information
Find out more
- NHS: urgent mental health help ↗
- Samaritans: ways to contact a volunteer ↗
- Shout: how text support works ↗
If you are outside England, use your local urgent mental health service. Call 999 for an emergency in the UK; outside the UK, contact your local emergency number.
Service details checked on 4 October 2026.
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