Nuclear medicine near George Town, TAS

George Town does not have a nuclear medicine service. The closest is I-MED Radiology St Vincents Hospital — Launceston, 46 km away in Launceston — about 40 minutes in the car. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology North West Medical Centre in Burnie (80 km) and I-MED Radiology Calvary Hospital in Lenah Valley (200 km).

George Town 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 I-MED Radiology Mersey Community Hospital Torquay Rd, Latrobe       in Latrobe, 37 km away.

To put 46 km in context: of the 185 TAS towns we hold, 38 are further than George Town from a nuclear medicine service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

Tasmania has 5 nuclear medicine practices in total, 2 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to George Town is where it is.

Accreditation windows: I-MED Radiology St Vincents Hospital — Launceston to 31 July 2027, I-MED Radiology North West Medical Centre to 31 July 2027 and I-MED Radiology Calvary Hospital to 30 June 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the three practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and three list opening hours. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.