PET near Kingaroy, QLD

Kingaroy does not have a PET scanner. The closest is Queensland X-Ray St Andrew's Hospital Toowoomba, 112 km away in Rockville — about 2 hr 16 min in the car. After that, the options are Queensland X-Ray South Toowoomba in South Toowoomba (115 km) and Noosa Radiology in Noosaville (121 km).

There are 24 PET practices within 200 km of Kingaroy altogether — the five listed are simply the nearest.

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

To put 112 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 99 are further than Kingaroy 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 112 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 Kingaroy sits in one of the gaps.

Accreditation windows: Queensland X-Ray St Andrew's Hospital Toowoomba to 31 July 2027, Queensland X-Ray South Toowoomba to 30 June 2027 and Noosa Radiology to 31 August 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the five practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and two list 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.