CT near Derby, WA

There is no CT scanner in Derby. The closest is Broome Health Services, 165 km away in Broome — about 2 hr 40 min in the car. It is the only CT service within 200 km of Derby.

Derby is not without imaging — x-ray and ultrasound are available in town. The town page lists everything Derby has.

To put 165 km in context: of the 559 WA towns we hold, 27 are further than Derby from a CT 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 165 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.

Western Australia has 124 CT practices in total, 29 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Derby is where it is.

The register has these accreditations running to: Broome Health Services to 30 September 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 none publishes opening hours we could confirm. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.