If you or anyone else is in immediate danger or a life-threatening situation, please call 999. 

If you feel that you may be at risk of ending your own life or harming yourself and feel that you cannot keep yourself safe, then please seek immediate mental health support.

You can contact the following services for support at this time:

Crisis resolution and home treatment team – Northumberland and North Tyneside

Telephone: 0800 652 2861 (24 hours per day)

For Deaf service users, please text 07887 625 277

The Crisis Team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, they do not provide an ’emergency’ service such as a 999 response.

 

Need to talk?

If you want to talk to someone about how you feel, what you’re experiencing or how to deal with someone else’s behaviour, you can contact:

  • Samaritans - offer a 24-hour telephone helpline

Telephone: 116 123 (24 hours per day)

Text: 07725 909090

E mail: jo@samaritans.org

  • NHS Direct

If you urgently need medical help or advice, but it is not a life-threatening situation.

Telephone: 111 (24 hours per day)