PET near Bannockburn, VIC

There is no PET scanner in Bannockburn. The nearest one is at Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Geelong in Geelong, about 20 km away, roughly 24 minutes by road. After that, the options are Barwon Medical Imaging (University Hospital Geelong) in Geelong (21 km) and Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Ballarat in Ballarat (62 km).

Widen the search to 200 km and there are 22 PET practices; the closest five are above.

Bannockburn 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 Barwon Health (Barwon Medical Imaging) — North Geelong in North Geelong, 16 km away.

To put 20 km in context: of the 850 VIC towns we hold, 337 are further than Bannockburn from a PET service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

Victoria has 23 PET practices in total, 5 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Bannockburn is where it is.

Accreditation windows: Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Geelong to 31 July 2027, Barwon Medical Imaging (University Hospital Geelong) to 31 August 2027 and Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Ballarat to 31 July 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the five practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and three list 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.