Support resources
If you came here for support due to feelings of distress, suicidality or any work-related difficulty, please use the following links:
Nurse Lifeline
The listening service.
On the phone from 7pm – 10pm Monday – Friday.
Call: 0808 801 0455
Email: alex@nurselifeline.org.uk for a volunteer response within several days.
Samaritans
Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We're here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Call for free: 116123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Royal College of Nursing
Advice and support for RCN members between 8.30am and 8.30pm, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Call: 0345 772 6100
Laura Hyde Foundation
Mental health awareness and support for medical and emergency services personnel.
Doctors in Distress
Provide support advice and online workshops and meetings for all healthcare workers.
CALM
Campaign Against Living Miserably: helpline, live chat and WhatsApp available 5pm-midnight everyday.
Call: 0800 58 58 58
Live chat: here
Whatsapp: here
UK Sobs
Survivors of bereavement by suicide. Peer-led support and helpline (Monday - Friday 9am - 7pm)
Call 0300 1115065
Email email.support@uksobs.org
Cavell
Cavell provides grants, advice and a listening ear to nurses, midwives, nursing associates and maternity support workers.
Call: 01527 595 999
PAPYRUS HOPELINE 247
Support line for young people having thoughts of suicide or those who are concerned for a young person. Open 24hrs a day everyday.
Call: 0800 068 4141
Text: 88247
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
If you are supporting nurses and colleagues to deal with the death of a nurse or other colleague by suicide please refer to the comprehensive guidance that members of our research team devised:
Postvention guidance
Supporting NHS staff after the death by suicide of a colleague
