PET near Narrabri, NSW

Narrabri has no PET of its own. The closest is Hunter New England Imaging - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital, 137 km away in Tamworth — about 2 hr 15 min in the car. It is the only PET service within 200 km of Narrabri.

Locally, Narrabri is covered for x-ray, ultrasound and CT. A referral for one of those can be done here: everything Narrabri has.

For scale, 72 of the 1544 towns we hold in NSW sit further from PET than Narrabri does.

That is a long way to go for a scan, and there is no way to make 137 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 42 PET practices in total, 19 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Narrabri is where it is.

Accreditation windows: Hunter New England Imaging - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital to 30 June 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the one practice listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and none publishes opening hours we could confirm. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.