Preventative paediatric care · London
Most childhood health problems stay small — if they’re caught early.
That’s why, across most of the developed world, a child sees a paediatrician ten to fifteen times by age five. A British child gets two GP-level checks — and none of the deeper screening.
Growwell brings the international standard of preventative care to London — structured, paediatrician-led milestone checks from birth to five.
The evidence
What a healthy child receives, country by country
What a healthy child is offered under each national programme. The UK is fixed — pick a country to set beside it.
Compare the UK with
United Kingdom
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Germany
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Why it matters
Germany screens every baby’s hips by ultrasound and checks development with a doctor at every visit — the UK does neither.
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France
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Why it matters
A French child sees a doctor roughly monthly through infancy — the UK offers two contacts in five years.
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Russia
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Why it matters
Russia’s programme is the world’s most intensive — routine specialist reviews, imaging and lab tests.
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United States
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Why it matters
The US screens specifically for autism at 18 and 24 months — the UK has no routine autism screen at all.
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Japan
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Why it matters
Japan’s statutory 18-month and 3-year checks are thorough — machine vision testing, autism screening, urine testing, dental — none of which the UK does routinely.
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Switzerland
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Why it matters
Switzerland builds a structured parental-wellbeing and safeguarding review in from week one, alongside routine hip ultrasound.
UK checks are carried out by a GP or nurse, never a paediatrician. A dash means no routine contact is offered to a healthy child at that age.
The service
The check-ups your child would get in Munich or Geneva — in London
A healthy British child gets two GP-level checks in five years — never a paediatrician, and none of the deeper screening that catches hip problems, vision problems, developmental delays and anaemia while they are still simple to treat.
A protocol, not a promise
Growwell follows the structure of the world’s strongest programmes: paediatrician-led milestone checks, the right screening at the right ages, and development assessed by a doctor at every visit — never left to a questionnaire.
Continuity, built in
Every visit builds one structured health history, so each doctor sees the whole picture — nothing is assessed in isolation, and nothing gets lost between appointments.
By informed choice
No fear-mongering and no upselling. Every check is explained before it happens — what it looks for, what it involves, and what it can and can’t tell you.
Packages
Three ways in
Each tier includes everything in the one before it.
The Growwell standard
Gold Standard
from £1,495/year
The full international standard, paediatrician-led, birth to five.
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Year one
- Five paediatrician checks — at 6 weeks, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months
- Hip ultrasound at 6 weeks
- Haemoglobin screening at 12 months
- Development assessed and psychosocial review at every visit
Year two
- Two paediatrician checks — 18 months (including autism screen) and 24 months
- Dental review
Year three
- Annual paediatrician check
- Vision test
- Urine test
- Dental review
Year four
- Annual paediatrician check
- Dental review
Year five
- School-readiness check — vision, hearing, readiness
- Dental review
Throughout
- Every result in one structured health record — included free, export anytime
- Available annually or as a five-year bundle
Premium
from £4,450/year
Everything in Gold, plus maximal surveillance — by informed choice.
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Year one — everything in Gold, plus
- Up to eight paediatrician checks (near-monthly)
- Specialist panel at around 2 months — eye specialist, neurologist, bone & joint specialist
- Full ultrasound panel — hips, abdomen, cranial
- 12-month bloods, urine test and heart trace (ECG)
- Hearing test with an audiologist
Year two
- Four paediatrician checks
- Annual blood panel
- Urine test
- Dental review
- One specialist review
Years three to five, each
- Two paediatrician checks
- Annual bloods & vitamins
- Urine test
- Abdominal ultrasound
- Dental review
- Vision test
Throughout
- Concierge scheduling and priority access
- Every element introduced by the paediatrician — what it looks for, and what it can and can’t tell you
À la carte
from £325
Single checks and screenings, whenever you want them.
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- Paediatrician milestone checkfrom £325
- Hip ultrasound at 6 weeks£165
- Blood tests — haemoglobin, vitamins, full blood countfrom £120
- Urine test£40
- Abdominal or cranial ultrasound£225
- Heart trace (ECG)£195
- Specialist consultationfrom £325
- Child dental exam + fluoride£125
- Vision assessment£145
Every result is added to your child’s health record, free.
The record
Every result, one record — for life
Every scan, blood result and report — from any clinic, in any country — structured in one place your child keeps for life. Encrypted, never sold, exportable anytime. Included free with everything, even a single check.
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