PET near Middlemount, QLD

Middlemount has no PET of its own. The nearest one is at Qscan Mackay in North Mackay, about 193 km away, roughly 3 hr 36 min by road. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton in Rockhampton (195 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, 71 are further than Middlemount 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 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.

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 Middlemount sits in one of the gaps.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: Qscan Mackay to 31 October 2027 and 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 two practices 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.