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Suicide is Preventable

If you need urgent help, call the local Mental Health Central Access Point (CAP) on 0808 800 3302 (open 24/7, 365 days) or visit a Neighbourhood Mental Health Café near you, or call 111.

If you need immediate help because you can't keep yourself safe or have already harmed yourself, seek emergency help by calling 999.


Suicide is when someone intentionally ends their own life. Suicidal thoughts can be complex, frightening, confusing and lonely.

Learning about the possible risk factors linked to suicidal thoughts, along with how it can be prevented, may help you save a life. This may be someone else's, or it may be your own life.


Emergency Help

Call 999 if there is a threat to life

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