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If you are looking for immediate support, the following helplines and online chats can help. You may also want to call your Employee Assistance Programme or any other support lines your employer offers.

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If it's an emergency, or you need urgent help

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  • If you or someone else is in danger, call 999 or go to A&E now
  • If you need help urgently for your mental health, but it's not an emergency, get help from NHS 111 online or call 111
  • If you need somebody to talk to or a listening ear, Samaritans is also available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on 116 123

Your mental health is as important as your physical health. You will not be wasting anyone's time.

Find a local NHS urgent mental health helpline (England only)

Bereavement

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The links below might be of use to you. For comprehensive support information, check out the Bereavement signposting page.

Carers

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Helplines

Carers UK
Call: 0808 808 7777 – Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm

Online chat

Carers.org
Has a full postcode search box to find carer support and replacement carer services near you and throughout UK wide network of partners and offer chat to carers online support forum.

Macmillan
Have a Carers only forum and a chat online 7 days a week 9am to 8pm.

FamilyCarersNet
A UK-wide support service who support carers and families and offer live chat, and an online carer chat service and counselling.

For comprehensive support information, check out the Carers signposting page.

Diagnosis

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Helplines

Compassion In Dying
Call: 0800 999 2434 – Monday to Friday 11am-3pm
They also offer a peer navigator service for anyone who has received a new diagnosis or is living with long-term condition.

Marie Curie
Call: 0800 090 2309

Online chat

Cancer Chat
Cancer Research UK offer a community for people to chat to others about their cancer experience.

For comprehensive support information, check out the Diagnosis signposting page.