If someone's life is at risk, or you cannot keep yourself or someone else safe, call 999 or go to A&E now.

In England, if you need urgent mental health help but it is not an immediate emergency, call 111 and select the mental health option.

Listening support is not a substitute for emergency care: Samaritans 116 123 (free UK calls, 24/7) or Text SHOUT to 85258 (free UK texts, 24/7). A reply may not be immediate.

Using a computer or if the message does not prefill: send SHOUT to 85258 from your phone. Shout's official support page.

Official NHS guidance (England). Outside England, check your nation's official health-service urgent-help guidance; the 111 mental-health pathway is not assumed to be the same.

NHS 111 (Urgent help)

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England

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In England, call 111 and select the mental health option for urgent help that is not an immediate emergency. If life is at risk or you cannot keep someone safe, call 999 or go to A&E now.

Details checked: 2026-10-14. Fields checked: identity, telephone, geography, service.

Unresolved: address/visiting arrangements, accessibility, languages.

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