Emergency Contacts

The Counselling Service is not an emergency service

If you don't know where to turn in an emergency or out of hours, here are a number of options:

• Many Colleges have Porters' Lodges that are staffed 24 hours a day.
• Many Colleges have a Tutorial system with a tutor on call.
• You might contact a friend, neighbour or family member.
• Contact your GP. Outside normal surgery hours, the Urgent Care Cambridgeshire (UCC) service is available - see below.
• The self-help information on this website may have useful information. See the links on the left.

Please note that if you want to contact the Counselling Service quickly or in an emergency, email is not an appropriate way of getting in touch, as it may be some time before it is read. At times when we are open, it is much better to phone - tel: 332865.

Here are other useful contact details:

Addenbrooke's Accident and Emergency (A & E)

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge
Tel: 01223 217118

Urgent Care Cambridgeshire

Out of hours GP service
Tel: 0330 123 9131

NHS Direct

24-hour Medical helpline: 0845 4647
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

24-hour medical advice and information

The Samaritans
(Cambridge Branch)

4 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW.
24-hour helpline: 01223 364455 or 08457 909090
Email: jo@samaritans.org
http://www.samaritans.org.uk (national site)

Befriending helpline for those in crisis or despair. Open 24 hours and 365 days

CUSU

The CUSU Caseworkers Phone line
Tel: 07999 859940, 9am-7pm daily
http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/contacts

CUSU Caseworkers are elected Sabbaticals. Further information about CUSU is available on their web site.

Linkline

17 St Edwards Passage, Cambridge CB2 3PJ.
Tel: 01223 367575 or 01223 744444 7pm-7am nightly.
http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Linkline.html

A helpline run by students for students during full term only. For further information see the Linkline web site.