Nuclear medicine near Middlemount, QLD

Middlemount does not have a nuclear medicine service. The nearest one is at Queensland X-Ray Pty Ltd in North Mackay, about 193 km away, roughly 3 hr 36 min by road. After that, the options are Mackay Radiology in North Mackay (193 km) and Qscan Mackay in North Mackay (193 km).

Middlemount 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 Queensland Radiology Emerald in Emerald, 96 km away.

To put 193 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 70 are further than Middlemount 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 193 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.

Queensland has 82 nuclear medicine practices in total, 45 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Middlemount is where it is.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: Queensland X-Ray Pty Ltd to 30 June 2027, Mackay Radiology to 30 November 2027 and Qscan Mackay to 31 October 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 one lists opening hours. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.