PET near Queenstown, TAS

Queenstown does not have a PET scanner. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology St Vincents Hospital — Launceston in Launceston, about 150 km away. After that, the options are Qscan Hobart (PET-CT) in Hobart (170 km) and Royal Hobart Hospital Medical Imaging in Hobart (170 km).

Queenstown is not without imaging — x-ray is available in town. The town page lists everything Queenstown has.

To put 150 km in context: of the 185 TAS towns we hold, 19 are further than Queenstown 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 150 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.

Tasmania has 3 PET practices in total, 1 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Queenstown is where it is.

The register has these accreditations running to: I-MED Radiology St Vincents Hospital — Launceston to 31 July 2027, Qscan Hobart (PET-CT) to 31 October 2027 and Royal Hobart Hospital Medical Imaging to 30 November 2026. 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 one lists 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.