PET near Smithton, TAS

No practice in Smithton is accredited for PET. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology St Vincents Hospital — Launceston in Launceston, about 181 km away, roughly 3 hr 01 min by road. It is the only PET service within 200 km of Smithton.

Locally, Smithton is covered for x-ray. A referral for that can be done here: everything Smithton has.

To put 181 km in context: of the 185 TAS towns we hold, 14 are further than Smithton 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 181 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 Tasmania, 3 practices are accredited for PET and 1 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — PET is not spread evenly, and Smithton sits in one of the gaps.

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

Of the one practice 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.