Help and Crisis Information

IF YOU ARE IN AN EMERGENCY CRISIS SITUATION WHERE YOUR LIFE OR ANOTHER’S LIFE IS THREATENED:

• You feel suicidal or in danger of harming yourself.
• You are worried that you may harm someone else.
• You are in immediate physical danger from another person

Then there is help out there.

GETTING HELP IN AN EMERGENCY

If you don’t feel you can keep yourself or others safe right now, seek immediate help:If you are in an emergency crisis situation and feel your life, or someone else’s life, is at risk:

Call 999 and ask for an ambulance, or go to your nearest Accident & Emergency Department.

In both cases, please request an urgent mental health assessment.

If you need support, but you are not at immediate risk:

If you do not think you are going to act on your feelings and thoughts immediately, or in the next 24 hours, then contact:

• Samaritans – Speak with someone 24/7: 116 123 (free from any phone)
• National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK: 0800 587 0800/0800 689 0800
• Contact your GP or out-of-hours service for an emergency appointment
• Call NHS 111 (for non-emergency medical help and advice)
• Bexley Crisis Cafe – Open 6pm-10pm every day at 2a Devonshire Rd, Bexleyheath
• Oxleas Mental Health Urgent Advice Line – Support for people in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich: 0800 330 8590