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Can you call NHS 111 from abroad?

111 only works on phones in the UK. Here's how to get medical help when you're abroad, and when it's worth calling home.

How to call British Airways from outside the UK

British Airways has a number for British Airways Club members calling from abroad, and local numbers in many countries. Here's which to use and how to get through.

How to call HMRC from abroad

HMRC's 0300 helplines are for callers in the UK. These are the numbers it gives for calling from abroad, when they're open in your time, and what to have ready.

How to call a UK landline from Europe

Dialling a UK landline from Europe takes three steps. Here's how, which numbers won't work from abroad, and how to keep long calls home affordable.

How to call the Home Office (UKVI) from outside the UK

Visa questions from outside the UK go to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). Here are its numbers, its hours in your own time, and what it can help with.

How to call your UK GP from abroad

Your GP surgery has an ordinary UK number you can call from abroad. Here's how to dial it, what to ask, and what to do if you need treatment where you are.

How to call your UK bank from abroad

UK banks have separate numbers for customers abroad. Here are HSBC's, Lloyds' and NatWest's, and how to find any other bank's in a minute.

How to call your child's UK school from abroad

Working abroad while your child is at school in the UK? Here's how to call the school, when to ring, and what to arrange so the school can reach you too.

How to contact DVLA from abroad

DVLA doesn't list a number for callers abroad. Here's when its lines are open, how to try them from another country, and what you can sort out online instead.

Sometimes the best gift is your voice

Why a few minutes of your voice can mean more to someone far away than anything you could send them.

UK helplines from abroad, and what to do in an emergency

UK short numbers such as 999 and 116 123 only work on phones in the UK. If you need help abroad, these are the numbers that do.

The call you keep meaning to make

On the calls we keep putting off, and why "I was thinking of you" is reason enough.

The voice that knows you

On the people who can hear how you really are, and why on hard days you should call them.

Nothing to say, and that's fine

On the small, ordinary calls that quietly hold friendships and families together.