PET near Blackwater, QLD

Blackwater has no PET of its own. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton in Rockhampton, about 166 km away, roughly 2 hr 25 min by road. It is the only PET service within 200 km of Blackwater.

Blackwater has no accredited imaging practice of its own that we can see in the register, so any scan means travelling. The closest imaging of any kind is Central Qld Medical Imaging - Emerald in Emerald, 73 km away.

To put 166 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 76 are further than Blackwater 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 166 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 Queensland, 37 practices are accredited for PET and 23 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — PET is not spread evenly, and Blackwater sits in one of the gaps.

The register has these accreditations running to: I-MED Radiology Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton to 30 November 2026. 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.