Hi I'm not aware of this but I would think the NHS website will have info about contacting emergency services for someone in your situation 

Thanks for sharing that will be very useful for lots of people 

Thank you for sharing this.

I find it hard using the phone but probably could do so in an emergency but this is useful to know!

I wonder why you need to register, though? Why not make it so everyone can just use it if needed?

E.g. someone who can usually use the phone but is stuck in an abuse or burglary situation and doesn't want to be heard, it could save a life like you say.

I wasn't aware of this but will register now.  Thanks. 


I can no longer speak effectively.  Found myself in an awful position recently when someone broke into my property through the front door.  They had a master key and we were supposed to have been notified by the landlord.  (I only learnt this after the event, I definitely wasn't notified in advance, but I can't prove that).  Anyway, I couldn't speak to tell them to leave, or to call anyone, and I have virtually no strength to put up any sort of physical fight.  Just as they were trying the door handle I managed to turn the lock and they left.  One of the most vulnerable situations I've been in though, and I felt shaken for days afterwards.  It's genuinely made me wonder if there was anything if I could have done if there had been criminal intent behind it...