Crisis support

• If you or someone else is in danger, call 999 or go to A&E now
   
• If you need urgent help for your mental health, but it's not an emergency:
   
  • Call 0800 731 2864 (Option 1) to speak to our local 24 hour mental health crisis line.  Tell us if you need an interpreter. We can connect you to local mental health services, including our crisis support teams and peer support services.
     
  • Call Solidarity in a Crisis, out of hours peer support service for Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, 0300 123 1922
    Monday to Friday 6pm to 12 midnight. Saturday and Sunday 12 noon to 12 midnight.
     
  • Get help from NHS 111 online or call 111
     
  • Check out ways to help yourself cope during a crisis from the mental health charity Mind

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 services. 

Office hours contacts for Children and Young People Services:

• Croydon CAMHS: 020 3228 0000

• Lambeth CAMHS: 020 3228 7370

• Lewisham CAMHS: 020 7138 1250

• Southwark CAMHS: 020 3228 7777

• National and Specialist CAMHS: 020 3228 3381

Out of hours call 0800 731 2864 (Option 1) to speak to our local 24 hour mental health crisis line. 

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 NHS talking therapies service
• Get support from one of these national charities
• Contact one of these local organisations

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 (PDF)

Crisis leaflet Lambeth (PDF)

Crisis leaflet Lewisham (PDF)

Crisis leaflet Southwark (PDF)

Self-harm (PDF)

Crisis line poster (PDF)

Easier read and large print leaflets

Crisis brief (PDF)

Crisis brief large print (PDF)

Translated leaflets

Crisis brief Albanian (PDF)

Crisis brief Arabic (PDF)

Crisis brief Farsi (PDF)

Crisis brief French (PDF)

Crisis brief Polish (PDF)

Crisis brief Portugese (PDF)

Crisis brief Somali (PDF)

Crisis brief Spanish (PDF)

Crisis brief Tamil (PDF)

Crisis brief Turkish (PDF)