Check your care plan, if you have one, and:

During office hours contact your care coordinator or the duty number for the team that is supporting you. If you don't have their details, visit our service finder. 

Out of hours call 0800 731 2864 to speak to our mental health crisis line.

You can also check the urgent contacts below and urgent help for children and young people.

Call 111 to speak to the national NHS helpline for anyone with an urgent healthcare need that isn't a 999 emergency.

Tell them if you need a translator. They can give you self-care advice and connect you to a nurse, GP or other relevant service.

Call 0800 731 2864 (Option 1) to speak to our local 24 hour mental health crisis line.

Please avoid visiting hospital A&E (Accident and Emergency) departments unless you have a physical health emergency. The numbers above can connect you to crisis services.

If you are with someone who has attempted suicide, call 999 and stay with them until the ambulance arrives.

If anyone is at serious risk of harm, call 999 and ask for the police.

Solidarity in a Crisis provides an out of hours peer support service for Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
Monday to Friday 6pm to 12 midnight. Saturday and Sunday 12 noon to 12 midnight.
Call: 0300 123 1922
Text: 0788 9756 087 or 0788 9756 083
Email: outofhours-solidarity@certitude.org.uk

For national NHS information about helplines, text support, and what to do if you're worried about someone visit help for suicidal thoughts.

Don’t suffer in silence. Get help. You could:

• Speak to your GP. They can put you in touch with local services.
• Contact your local talking therapies service for free NHS therapy
• Get support from a national charity
• Contact a local organisation

Emergency services and out of hours: contact our Acute Referral Centre on 020 3228 6272

During office hours contact your local assessment and liaison team:

Lambeth
Our assessment and liaison team has been replaced with Lambeth Single Point of Access
Email: lambethspa@slam.nhs.uk
Call: 0800 090 2456

Lewisham
Email: Slm-tr.Lewisham-A-and-L@nhs.net
Call: 020 3228 9200

Croydon
Email: CroydonCentralAssessmentandLiaisonTeam@slam.nhs.uk
Call: 020 32280365

Southwark North (Maudsley Hospital)
Email: SouthwarkNorthAssessmentandLiaisonTeam@slam.nhs.uk
Call: 020 3228 9454

Our borough crisis leaflets, self-harm leaflet and crisis poster

• Crisis leaflet Croydon
• Crisis leaflet Lambeth
• Crisis leafet Lewisham
• Crisis leaflet Southwark
• Self-harm
• Crisis line poster

Easier read and large print leaflets

• Crisis brief
• Crisis brief large print

Translated leaflets

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• Crisis brief Polish
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• Crisis brief Somali
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• Crisis brief Tamil
• Crisis brief Turkish