Nuclear medicine in Queensland

There are 82 nuclear medicine practices in Queensland, across 56 towns and suburbs.

45 sit beyond the capital's ring. Coverage outside the capital is comparatively good for nuclear medicine in Queensland.

Nuclear medicine uses a small amount of a radioactive tracer, so it needs a licensed department rather than a general imaging room.

33 towns in Queensland have imaging of their own but no nuclear medicine. Each of those has a page giving the nearest machine and the distance from that town — that is the number that decides whether the scan happens.

The towns and suburbs with nuclear medicine include Southport, Chermside, Ipswich, Caboolture, Birtinya, North Mackay, South Brisbane and Maroochydore.

The heaviest concentrations are Southport (six practices), Chermside (four practices), Ipswich (three practices), Caboolture (three practices) and Birtinya (three practices). Outside those, most towns with nuclear medicine have exactly one practice, which is worth knowing when you are weighing a wait against a drive.

healthdirect records two practices in Queensland with nuclear medicine as bulk-billing. That is a provider self-report, not a promise, and the absence of a note against the others means we hold no billing information — not that they charge.

We publish no prices for nuclear medicine anywhere on this site. What we can tell you is where the machines are, who is accredited to run them, and how far you would have to go.