PET near Coolah, NSW

There is no PET scanner in Coolah. The nearest one is at Dubbo Health Service in Dubbo, about 113 km away. After that, the options are Hunter New England Imaging - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital in Tamworth (142 km) and Prp Diagnostic Imaging-Orange in Orange (172 km).

Locally, Coolah is covered for x-ray. A referral for that can be done here: everything Coolah has.

To put 113 km in context: of the 1544 NSW towns we hold, 106 are further than Coolah from a PET service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

That is a long way to go for a scan, and there is no way to make 113 km shorter. Two things are worth knowing: every state and territory runs a patient travel assistance scheme for people who have to travel for care, and the local health service or your referring doctor can tell you whether you qualify. Some regional hospitals also run visiting services on a roster, which the accreditation register cannot show us — worth one phone call before you plan the trip.

Across New South Wales, 42 practices are accredited for PET and 19 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — PET is not spread evenly, and Coolah sits in one of the gaps.

Accreditation windows: Dubbo Health Service to 30 November 2027, Hunter New England Imaging - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital to 30 June 2027 and Prp Diagnostic Imaging-Orange to 31 October 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the three practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and none publishes opening hours we could confirm. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.