Help and Advice in an Emergency
If you feel that a member of your family, a neighbour or friend has a mental health or a drug or alcohol crisis and is behaving in a 'strange' way in your home or elsewhere which is putting themselves or others at risk and that they are in need of urgent help, please telephone:
Crisis Line................................................................................ 0800 028 8000
(5 pm - 9 am Monday to Friday,
24 hours Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays)
Police, Fire or Ambulance Service.............................................. 999 or 112
Out of Hours Emergency Duty Social Worker............................... 020 8770 5000 / 020 8770 6080
(8am-8pm but emergency only from 5pm)
Adult Social Care Contact Centre............................................. 020 8547 6008
Drugs/Alcohol:
Talk to Frank (24 hours every day of the year).............................. 0800 77 66 00
Samaritans............................................................................... 08457 90 90 90
(24 hour confidential emotional support)
SANEline.................................................................................. 0845 767 8000
Every day of the year: 6pm to 11pm
For general medical information or advice
contact your own GP or contact NHS Direct on............................... 0845 46 47
