Immediate danger or urgent medical help
Call 999 when someone is in immediate danger or seriously unwell. Use urgent-ambulatory routes (such as NHS 111 in England/Scotland/Wales equivalents) when it is not an immediate 999 emergency.
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This directory separates emergency routes, routine health care, relationship support and privacy services. Listings are educational choices, not endorsements or paid placements. Service availability and eligibility can change.
Sexual health and psychosexual care
Sexual-health services can advise on testing, contraception, symptoms and prevention. A GP, sexual-health service or appropriately qualified psychosexual therapist may help with persistent pain, response changes or distress.
Relationships, coercion and abuse
If a relationship involves fear, coercive control, sexual violence, restricted freedom or a safeguarding concern, specialist support should take priority over trying to 'fix' the relationship dynamic.
After an incident or limit breach
When injury, pressure, coercion or uncertainty appears after a scene, move from review to recovery: physical safety, emotional first-aid, trusted witness contact and a clear documentation note.
Intimate images, privacy and online harm
Consent to create or receive an image is not consent to later sharing, onward posting or storage. Preserve relevant evidence and use platform, police or legal routes suited to the situation.
Identity, sexuality and affirming support
Good support should respect self-description, privacy and uncertainty rather than pressure someone toward a predetermined identity or outcome.