If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999 or go to A&E. For urgent mental-health help, call 111 in England, Wales or Scotland and choose the mental health option. In Northern Ireland, call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000.
Immediate danger
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999 or go to A&E.
Urgent mental-health help in each UK nation
Key facts
- England
- Call 111 and choose the mental health option.
- Wales
- Call 111 and press 2. Free from landlines and mobiles, 24 hours a day.
- Scotland
- Call NHS 24 on 111 and choose the mental health option.
- Northern Ireland
- Call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000, free and open 24 hours a day. Textphone: 18001 0808 808 8000.
The 111 mental health options put you through to mental-health staff or tell you where to get help. You can call for yourself or because you are worried about someone else.
Talk to someone now, at any hour
Call Samaritans free on 116 123. The line is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, from anywhere in the UK.
If you would rather text, send SHOUT to 85258. Shout is a free, confidential text service, open 24 hours a day.
In Scotland, Breathing Space offers a listening line on 0800 83 85 87.
Pharma Mate is not a crisis service
Nobody at Pharma Mate reads messages or answers calls. Most charities and peer groups in the directory are not emergency services either. When the crisis has passed, the support directory lists services for longer-term help. If you are worried about someone you work with, read supporting a colleague.