Nuclear medicine near Coonabarabran, NSW

There is no nuclear medicine service in Coonabarabran. The closest is Dubbo Base Hospital Radiology Department, 124 km away in Dubbo — about 1 hr 49 min in the car. After that, the options are Lumus Imaging Dubbo in Dubbo (125 km) and PRP Diagnostic Imaging Dubbo in Dubbo (126 km).

Coonabarabran is not without imaging — x-ray is available in town. The town page lists everything Coonabarabran has.

To put 124 km in context: of the 1544 NSW towns we hold, 33 are further than Coonabarabran from a nuclear medicine 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 124 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.

New South Wales has 103 nuclear medicine practices in total, 42 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Coonabarabran is where it is.

The register has these accreditations running to: Dubbo Base Hospital Radiology Department to 30 September 2027, Lumus Imaging Dubbo to 30 November 2026 and PRP Diagnostic Imaging Dubbo to 31 May 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the four practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and one lists opening hours. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.