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Verified UK urgent support information.

Need urgent support?

If you or someone else is in danger, call 999 or go to A&E now.

For urgent mental-health help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 online or call 111 and select the mental-health option.

If someone needs to talk now

Samaritans

Call: 116 123 — free, 24 hours a day.

Shout

Text SHOUT to 85258 — free, confidential 24/7 text support in the UK.

If you are a parent or carer worried about a young person

YoungMinds Parents Helpline

Call: 0808 802 5544

Monday, Thursday and Friday: 9.30am–4pm. Tuesday and Wednesday: 9.30am–6pm.

The YoungMinds Parents Helpline is not a crisis service.

Support information last checked: September 2026.

These are external services and information, provided by independent organisations. They are not provided by Insightful Parenting, and no endorsement, partnership or affiliation is implied. Support information last checked: September 2026.

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