Grow Medical is Growlife Medical

Do you remember having a great GP as a child? Was your family doctor a spokesperson in your community on how we can all be healthier? Many of us at Growlife Medical had this experience as children. We remember the local GP being on the school board, or speaking at community gatherings, standing up for issues that affected the health of us all. They were a known and trusted confidante. The connection between a family and "their" GP was very close, and no one would dream of dropping in to a random clinic instead of your regular GP.

This experience mirrors one of our fundamental beliefs... that through lifelong continuity and connection, we can improve the health of the communities in which we live. This observation and belief was the seed for our moniker:

Patient | Family | Community

Your receptionists, doctors, nurses and allied health clinicians live and breathe this moniker. We believe that by supporting the individual, growing the strength of families, and being proactively involved in the wellbeing of our local community, we can make our communities Australia's healthiest.

When creating a name for the new medical centre in Sherwood, the theme of Growing was strong. Ideas of a healthy, organic future blended with our enjoyment of helping grow healthy babies and children, and resonated with the idea of personal growth through growing the strength of individuals, families and their community. After a weekend retreat at Tommerups Dairy Farm (thanks Kay and Dave!) the concept was fleshed out, and Grow Medical was born!

We believe everyone deserves equitable access to quality medical care, and that medical practices exist to connect doctor and patient, not to serve corporate shareholders. We want you to experience this kind of medical care - old fashioned values of connection, continuity and community, coupled with awesome use of technology, fresh premises and modern systems to improve the service you receive.

Growlife Medical is renowned for its care for mothers and babies. From our beginnings, we have created new ways of making parents feel part of a community. A vision of a family hub run by doctors, nurses and midwives was part of our dream before we ever opened. This dream came true, and continues to grow. For example, our weekly free  parents groups are a great source of social connection, and to our knowledge, are  the first parents groups to be embedded in General Practice in Australia.

We have also uniquely integrated midwives into our Medical Centres, to ensure optimal care and continuity for pregnant women, through GP pregnancy care  and postnatal support.

In 2017, Grow Medical took over a Brisbane infant care clinic, and in doing so further expanded our services for families by integrating lactation consultants, paediatricians and GPs with a special interest in baby sleep. This culture of supporting feeding, sleep, infant settling, maternal mental health and building on our programs of social connection and sensory experiences has spread throughout the group, and we have continued to improve on this by offering greater continuity, and more comprehensive lifelong care for the whole family. You can read more about our mothers and babies services here .

In 2019, we grew further when Canossa Hospital approached Grow Medical to establish a new Growlife Medical Centre in Oxley to serve their community. By that stage, our youngest patient was one day old, and our oldest was 103!

So what's next for Growlife Medical? In 2020, in response to the COVID crisis , Growlife became Australian leaders in Telehealth, by creating and launching a new Telehealth platform in partnership with GPConsults. This fits with our commitment to improving connection between doctor and patient, by making it easier to access your doctor in a time of social distancing. We worked together to make it free for all doctors in Australia.

With such a motivated, caring, and innovative team, we know that more new ideas on how to improve your health are just around the corner. We are working to create systems to more proactively monitor your health and ensure you get the checks, immunisations and tests you need.

We would love to hear from you about what else we can do to grow your health, grow your family and grow the strength of our community.