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Every 90 minutes, someone in the UK or Ireland dies by suicide and 1 in 4 of us has had suicidal thoughts.

The Samaritans surveyed people with lived experience of suicide and the majority told us that their suicidal thoughts have been interrupted.

• 60% said their suicidal thoughts had been interrupted by someone close to them, like a friend or family member.

• 14% said their suicidal thoughts had been interrupted by a stranger or someone they didn’t know.

Let’s prevent suicide today. Because tomorrow’s too late.

Everyone’s experience of OCD is different. But if you live with OCD, you will have obsessions. It is also likely you will have compulsions and unhelpful beliefs.

Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, urges and sometimes images that appear in your head. They can be hard to ignore and happen regularly. You are likely to try to relieve the anxiety of obsessions by performing a compulsion.

Compulsions can be a mental or physical action and the relief they bring usually doesn’t last long. This cycle of thoughts followed by rituals can take up a lot of time and affect day-to-day life.

Some people living with OCD also experience unhelpful beliefs like over estimating threat, placing more importance on thoughts, an enlarged sense of responsibility.

September 2025

World Alzheimer's Month takes place every September and World Alzheimer's Day is on 21 September each year. It's a global opportunity to raise dementia awareness and support people affected by the disease.

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer, it’s the largest health and social care issue of our time, yet it isn’t the priority it needs to be. The impact of this is enormous – on the lives of those it affects, on the healthcare system and on the economy.