What is LOOP?

Loop is a single source of accurate, up to date and trusted information about health, care and wellbeing. The information is shared with directories, websites and applications across Leeds.

Loop has:

• Features that will save information providers time and a lot of money.

• Tools that can help to improve services in the future.

• Loop has been co-created by Leeds health and care system partners and it is free to use.

Why do we need LOOP?

The number of websites giving information about health, care and wellbeing services in Leeds has grown greatly over the last few years. In addition, national services link to local websites too.

There are now so many websites, that it can be hard for people to find the information they need.

Sometimes the same information is managed by more than one website at a time. Each website may have different information about the same service which people can find confusing.

Meeting the needs of information managers

People who look after the information on health, care and wellbeing websites spend a lot of time:

• Trying to make sure that information is correct and up to date.

• Fixing broken website links.

• Trying to describe new services so that information seekers can find them easily.

Who provides the information in LOOP?

The people who provide the information are health, care and wellbeing providers in Leeds, as well as other people who provide resources and services that are helpful for citizens.

We can provide tools to help people get their information into the LOOP platform.