Urgent support
Get help now.
If you or someone else is at immediate risk of harm, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. You don’t have to be sure it’s “serious enough”.
Urgent, or an emergency?
If there is an immediate danger to life — someone has seriously harmed themselves, or is about to — that’s an emergency: call 999. If things are very hard but not immediately life-threatening, NHS 111 (option 2) can help you find urgent mental health support, day or night.
What to expect when you call
The person who answers is there to help, not to judge. They’ll listen, ask some questions to understand what’s going on, and help you work out a next step. You can call on someone else’s behalf, and you can stay anonymous with Samaritans and Shout.
Children and young people
Young people can contact Childline free on 0800 1111, and the same national lines above are there for any age. If you’re worried about a child’s immediate safety, call 999.
Local crisis lines
Each Southwest London borough has its own NHS crisis line. These numbers will be listed and verified here, and reviewed every six months, before launch. [TO CONFIRM — Wandsworth, Lambeth, Croydon, Southwark, Sutton, Richmond and Kingston.]