New MRI Licences Nationally and a New Facility at the Children's Hospital Westmead
The Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek opened the new MRI suite at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and also announced 161 MRI scanners in major cities around Australia were set to be granted Medicare eligibility for certain types of scans of some patients.
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The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
Minister for Health
Ms Julie Owens MP
Member for Parramatta
3 September 2012
Young patients in Western Sydney and regional NSW will benefit from new, state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilities after the Children’s Hospital at Westmead unveiled its second MRI suite today.
The Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek opened the new MRI suite which is funded by $5 million from the Commonwealth Government.
“This new suite will give young patients better access to MRI scans, enabling quicker diagnosis and faster access to what can be life-saving treatments.
“It will offer advanced diagnostic capabilities for children - especially those with abnormalities of the brain, spinal cord, blood vessels, joints and internal organs.
“The suite will be used in conjunction with the existing MRI Suite which means reduced waiting times for MRI procedures.
As each MRI machine is a different strength, the new addition also allows the Hospital to better cater for the specific clinical needs of the patient,” said Ms Plibersek.
“This is great news for local families in Parramatta as well as across Western Sydney and regional NSW,” said Member for Parramatta, Ms Julie Owens.
“Every parent wants their child to receive high quality care and this MRI will allow the fantastic doctors, nurses and health professionals at the Children’s Hospital Westmead to expand the number of scans.
They currently conduct more than 4,000 MRI scans each year,” said Ms Owens.
Ms Plibersek also announced 161 MRI scanners in major cities around Australia were set to be granted Medicare eligibility for certain types of scans of some patients.
“I’m very happy to tell you that one of the new machines at Westmead is among those 161 scanners.”
Together with 30 new locations in regional areas announced in June, these new locations will increase the total number of Medicare-eligible MRI units from 125 in 2011 to 316 from 1 November this year.
“More than doubling the number of places where people can get MRIs will help thousands of people, including young patients at Westmead, to get accurate and timely diagnosis and treatment,” Ms Plibersek said.
Medicare rebates at the new locations will be available from 1 November 2012 for scans for rectal and cervical cancer, screening for breast cancer for women under 50 years of age, and six types of scans on children under 16 years of age.
“Families will be able to get referrals for their children from their GPs instead of going through the extra expense and waiting time to see a specialist,” Ms Plibersek said.
The Australian Government is also committed to making scans cheaper for patients through bulk billing. Since May 2012, the bulk-billing incentive for MRI scans has been 100 per cent of the scheduled fee.
The expansion of Medicare-eligible MRI units was part of the Australian Government’s $104.4 million diagnostic imaging reform package announced in May 2011.
For all media inquiries, please contact the Minister's Office on 02 6277 7220
| State | Practice Name | Address |
|---|---|---|
| ACT | The Canberra Hospital Medical Imaging Unit | Level 2 Building 12 77 Yamba Drive GARRAN ACT 2605 |
| ACT | National Capital Diagnostic Imaging Deakin | 161 Strickland Crescent DEAKIN ACT 2600 |
| ACT | Canberra Imaging Group Calvary John James Hospital | Level 1 Clinical Services Building 175 Strickland Cres DEAKIN ACT 2605 |
| ACT | Canberra Imaging Group Brindabella | Level 1 Brindabella Specialist Centre Unit 1/5 Dann Close GARRAN ACT 2605 |
| ACT | University Medical Imaging Canberra at Kingston | Ground Floor Pearl Building KINGSTON ACT 2604 |
| ACT | University Medical Imaging Canberra at Calvary Hospital | Unit X 2095 Level 2 Xavier Building Calvary Healthcare 10 Haydon Drive BRUCE ACT 2617 |
| NSW | Pennant Hills Diagnostic Centre | 12 Fisher Ave PENNANT HILLS NSW 2120 |
| NSW | North Shore Radiology and Nuclear Medicine | Northshore Private Hospital Westbourne Street ST LEONARDS NSW 2065 |
| NSW | Ultrascan Radiology - Westmead Specialist Centre | 151-155 Hawkesbury Rd WESTMEAD NSW 2145 |
| NSW | Central Coast Radiology | Block B, 654 Pacific Hwy KANWAL NSW 2259 |
| NSW | Hunter Imaging Group Pty Ltd | 48 Thomas St CARDIFF NSW 2285 |
| NSW | The Children's Hospital at Westmead | Cnr Hawkesbury Rd and Hainsworth St WESTMEAD NSW 2145 |
| NSW | St Vincent's Clinic Medical Imaging | Suite 501, St Vincent's Clinic 438 Victoria St DARLINGHURST NSW 2010 |
| NSW | Macarthur Diagnostic Imaging | 14 Warby Street CAMPBELLTOWN NSW 2560 |
| NSW | Castlereagh Imaging Edgecliff | Suite 301, Eastpoint 235 New South Head Rd EDGECLIFF NSW 2027 |
| NSW | Campbelltown Hospital | Lower Ground Floor Campbelltown Hospital Therry Rd CAMPBELLTOWN NSW 2560 |
| NSW | Advanced Imaging | 1-11 Mons Road WESTMEAD NSW 2145 |
| NSW | St Vincent's (Public) Hospital | 390 Victoria St, Level 3 Xavier Bld DARLINGHURST NSW 2010 |
| NSW | Xray Department Royal North Shore Hospital | Level 2, Reserve Rd ST LEONARDS NSW 2065 |
| NSW | South Coast Xray Figtree Private Hospital | 1 Suttor Place FIGTREE NSW 2525 |
| NSW | Ultrascan Radiology - Queen Street Campbelltown | 82-84 Queen St CAMPBELLTOWN NSW 2560 |
| NSW | St George (Public) Hospital Radiology Department | Burt Neilson Wing Level 1 1 Gray Street KOGARAH NSW 2217 |
| NSW | OCCAM Medical Imaging Westmead Hospital Radiology Department | Darcy Road WESTMEAD NSW 2145 |
| NSW | Chatswood Diagnostic Centre Pty Ltd | Suite 2 Malvern Court 16-18 Malvern Avenue CHATSWOOD NSW 2067 |
| NSW | Southern Radiology - Randwick | Prince of Wales Hospital Campus Neurosciences Building RANDWICK NSW 2031 |
| NSW | Rayscan Imaging | 41 Goulburn Street LIVERPOOL NSW 2170 |
| NSW | Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital | Level 3 Diagnostic Services Department Edith Street WARATAH NSW 2298 |
| NSW | Specialist Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Suite G4, RPAH Medical Centre 100 Carillion Avenue NEWTOWN NSW 2042 |
| NSW | John Hunter Hospital Division of Radiology | Level 2, Lookout Road NEW LAMBTON NSW 2305 |
| NSW | Southern Radiology - Miranda | Suite 1 /32-36 Urunga Pde MIRANDA NSW 2228 |
| NSW | Bankstown Diagnostic Imaging | 11/68 Eldridge Road BANKSTOWN NSW 2200 |
| NSW | Dalcross Diagnostic Imaging Sydney Adventist Hospital | Ground Floor Radiology Dept 29 Stanhope Road KILLARA NSW 2070 |
| NSW | Superscan Radiology and Nuclear Medicine | 247 The Boulevarde FAIRFIELD HEIGHTS NSW 2165 |
| NSW | Nepean Radiology | 1/199 High Street PENRITH NSW 2750 |
| NSW | City Xray | Domain House Gnd Flr 139 Macquarie St SYDNEY NSW 2000 |
| NSW | Medical Imaging Bankstown | 258 South Terrace BANKSTOWN NSW 2200 |
| NSW | Synergy Diagnostics | 6 Meridian Place BELLA VISTA NSW 2153 |
| NSW | South West Radiology Campbelltown | Suite 5-9 Building B Ground Floor 4 Hyde Parade CAMPBELLTOWN NSW 2560 |
| NSW | Sydney Xray Bondi Junction | Ground Floor, 3 Waverley Street BONDI JUNCTION NSW 2022 |
| NSW | PRP Diagnostic Imaging Eastwood | 245 Ryedale Road DENISTONE NSW 2114 |
| NSW | PRP Diagnostic Imaging North Gosford | Gosford Private Hospital Burrabil Ave NORTH GOSFORD NSW 2250 |
| NSW | PRP Diagnostic Imaging Wollongong | 34 Kenny Street WOLLONGONG NSW 2500 |
| NSW | PRP Diagnostic Imaging Dee Why | 7 Oaks Ave Ground Floor DEE WHY NSW 2099 |
| NSW | PRP Diagnostic Imaging Gordon | 741 Pacific Hwy GORDON NSW 2072 |
| NSW | Spectrum Medical Imaging | Ground floor, 171 Bigge Street LIVERPOOL NSW 2170 |
| NSW | PRP Diagnostic Imaging Tuggerah | 154-156 Pacific Hwy TUGGERAH NSW 2259 |
| NSW | PRP Diagnostic Imaging Cumberland | 73-75 Dunmore St WENTWORTHVILLE NSW 2145 |
| NSW | PRP Diagnostic Imaging Norwest Private Hospital | Ground Floor, 11 Norbrik Drive BELLA VISTA NSW 2153 |
| NSW | Chatswood Radiology Spring Street | Ground Floor, 13 Spring Street CHATSWOOD NSW 2067 |
| NSW | Superscan | Ground Floor, 1/50 O'Connell St PARRAMATTA NSW 2150 |
| NSW | Cscan Charlestown | Level 1 (1 of 2 units) 95 Pacific Highway CHARLESTOWN NSW 2290 |
| NSW | Cscan Charlestown | Level 1 (2 of 2 units) 95 Pacific Highway CHARLESTOWN NSW 2290 |
| NSW | Macquarie Medical Imaging Pty Ltd | Ground Floor Macquarie University Hospital 3 Technology Place MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY NSW 2109 |
| NSW | Pittwater Radiology Dee Why | Unit 5/800 Pittwater Rd DEE WHY NSW 2099 |
| NSW | Medica Imaging | 31 Dora St HURSTVILLE NSW 2220 |
| NSW | Spectrum Medical Imaging | Level 1, 64-66 High Street RANDWICK NSW 2031 |
| NSW | Bryant Radiology | 15 Kensington Place KOGARAH NSW 2217 |
| NSW | Mascot Radiology | Level 1/244 Coward Street MASCOT NSW 2020 |
| NSW | Southern Radiology - Camperdown | Ground Floor Building F 94 Mallet St CAMPERDOWN NSW 2050 |
| NSW | Illawarra Medical Imaging | Lower Ground Floor Piccadilly Centre Lot 50/341 Crown Street WOLLONGONG NSW 2500 |
| NSW | Norwest Medical Imaging | 66-70 Auburn Road AUBURN NSW 2144 |
| NSW | MedScan Pty Ltd | Shop 1, 175 Pitt Street MERRYLANDS NSW 2160 |
| NSW | Western Medical Imaging | 3 Colo Lane BLACKTOWN NSW 2148 |
| NSW | Spectrum Medical Imaging | 13-15 Silver Street RANDWICK NSW 2031 |
| NSW | Maroubra Junction Imaging | Practice to be built |
| QLD | Gold Coast University Hospital Redevelopment | 108 Nerang St SOUTHPORT QLD 4215 |
| QLD | Queensland Xray Sunnybank | 245 McCullough St Sunnybank Private Medical Centre SUNNYBANK QLD 4109 |
| QLD | Wesley Medical Imaging | 451 Coronation Dr AUCHENFLOWER QLD 4066 |
| QLD | South Coast Radiology Pindara | Ground floor Xray Dept All Church Ave BENOWA QLD 4217 |
| QLD | South Coast Radiology Southport | Ground Floor Gold Coast Surgery Centre 103-113 Nerang St SOUTHPORT QLD 4215 |
| QLD | Gold Coast Medical Imaging | 123 Nerang St SOUTHPORT QLD 4215 |
| QLD | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | Herston Campus East Block Butterfield St QLD 4029 |
| QLD | West Moreton Health Service | Chelmsford Avenue IPSWICH QLD 4306 |
| QLD | Wesley Hospital - University of Queensland | B2 Western Annex 451 Coronation Drive AUCHENFLOWER QLD 4066 |
| QLD | Princess Alexandra Hospital Radiology Department | X-Ray Department Ipswich Road WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |
| QLD | The Prince Charles Hospital | 692 Rode Road (1 of 2 units) CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |
| QLD | The Prince Charles Hospital | 692 Rode Road (2 of 2 units) CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |
| QLD | Savage X-Ray and MRI | 16 Doggett Street FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |
| QLD | Pacific Radiology Pty Ltd | SE 1, Ground Floor 49 Baden Powell St MAROOCHYDORE QLD 4558 |
| QLD | South Coast Radiology Robina | Ground Floor HQ Cnr Riverwalk & Laver Drive ROBINA QLD 4226 |
| QLD | Queensland Xray Southport | 128 Queen St SOUTHPORT QLD 4215 |
| QLD | Qscan Windsor | Suite 412-413 142 Newmarket Road WINDSOR QLD 4030 |
| QLD | X Radiology Australia | 579-601 Coronation Dr TOOWONG QLD 4066 |
| QLD | Southern Xray - Chermside | 956 Gympie Road CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |
| QLD | Annerley Qscan | 310 Ipswich Rd ANNERLEY QLD 4103 |
| QLD | Queensland Xray Coorparoo | 342 Old Cleveland Rd COORPAROO QLD 4151 |
| QLD | QDI Ipswich | Suite 5 30 Limestone Street IPSWICH QLD 4305 |
| QLD | Allamanda Private Imaging Allamanda Private Hospital | Suite 2 Level 2 21 Spendelove Avenue SOUTHPORT QLD 4215 |
| QLD | Noosa Radiology | Noosaville Medical and Professional Centre 301/90 Goodchap Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 |
| QLD | Brisbane Private Imaging Brisbane Private Hospital | Brisbane Private Specialist Centre Level 5, 259 Wickham Terrace BRISBANE QLD 4000 |
| QLD | Gold Coast Radiology | Suite 1-4 Level 1 Harbour Point Building 10 Santa Barbara Rd HOPE ISLAND QLD 4212 |
| QLD | Sunshine Coast Radiology | 60 Wises Rd MAROOCHYDORE QLD 4558 |
| QLD | Queensland Xray Bayside | Bayside Medical Hub 16 Weippin St CLEVELAND QLD 4163 |
| QLD | Qscan Redcliffe | 6 Silvyn St REDCLIFFE QLD 4020 |
| QLD | CitiScan Radiology | Level 2, 141 Queens Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 |
| QLD | Exact Radiology Clinics Pty Ltd | Building 5 Lower Ground Floor 11 Salisbury Road IPSWICH QLD 4305 |
| QLD | I-MED | U4 Butterfield Commercial Centre 49 Butterfield St HERSTON QLD 4006 |
| QLD | QLD Health | Southport Medical Imaging (1 of 3 units) Gold Coast University Hospital |
| QLD | QLD Health | Southport Medical Imaging (2 of 3 units) Gold Coast University Hospital |
| QLD | QLD Health | Southport Medical Imaging (3 of 3 units) Gold Coast University Hospital |
| SA | Radiology SA Memorial Hospital | Ground Floor Sir Edwin Smith Avenue NORTH ADELAIDE SA 5006 |
| SA | Flinders Medical Centre | Level C Building 3C Block 3 Flinders Dr BEDFORD PARK SA 5042 |
| SA | Benson Radiology Salisbury | 37-39 Park Terrace SALISBURY SA 5108 |
| SA | Benson Radiology North Adelaide | 229 Melbourne St NORTH ADELAIDE SA 5006 |
| SA | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Private Practice Holding Radiology and Nuclear Medicine | Ground Floor Main Building 28 Woodville Road WOODVILLE SOUTH SA 5011 |
| SA | Dr Jones & Partners - St Andrew's Hospital | Floor 1, 350 South Tce ADELAIDE SA 5000 |
| SA | Royal Adelaide Hospital Radiology Department | Level 6 Theatre Block North Terrace ADELAIDE SA 5000 |
| SA | Adelaide Diagnostic Imaging | 707 Port Rd WOODVILLE SA 5011 |
| SA | Adelaide Diagnostic Imaging | 2/49 Main North Rd MEDINDIE SA 5081 |
| SA | Dr Jones & Partners - Tennyson Centre | Ground Floor, 506-520 Sth Road KARRALTA PARK SA 5037 |
| SA | Radiology SA Calvary Central Districts | Calvary Central Districts Hospital Ground Floor Radiology 25-37 Jarvis Street ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112 |
| VIC | Monash Medical Centre Department of Diagnostic Imaging | Level 2 Main Building 246 Clayton Rd CLAYTON VIC 3168 |
| VIC | Peninsula Health Frankston Public Hospital | 13 Hastings Rd FRANKSTON VIC 3199 |
| VIC | Austin Health | 145 Studley Rd Level 2 Lance Townsend Building HEIDELBERG VIC 3084 |
| VIC | Bundoora Radiology | 115 Plenty Road BUNDOORA VIC 3083 |
| VIC | MDI Radiology Berwick Berwick Hospital | Suite 2, 18 Langmore Lane BERWICK VIC 3806 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - The Valley Private Hospital | Cnr Police and Gladstone Rds MULGRAVE VIC 3170 |
| VIC | Future Medical Imaging Group | Ground Floor (1 of 2 units) 347 Ascot Vale Road MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039 |
| VIC | Future Medical Imaging Group | Ground Floor (2 of 2 units) 347 Ascot Vale Road MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - Victoria House Medical Imaging | 316 Malvern Rd PRAHRAN VIC 3181 |
| VIC | Werribee Mercy Radiology | 300 Princes Hwy WERRIBEE VIC 3030 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - Warringal Private Radiology | Level 2, 214 Burgundy St HEIDELBERG VIC 3084 |
| VIC | Capital Radiology - Vermont | 411 Burwood Highway VERMONT VIC 3133 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - Frankston Radiology | 19 Hastings Rd FRANKSTON VIC 3199 |
| VIC | Epping Consulting Centre | 175 Cooper St EPPING VIC 3076 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - Monash Radiology | 212 Clayton Road CLAYTON VIC 3168 |
| VIC | Healthcare Image Knox | 262 Mountain Hwy WANTIRNA VIC 3152 |
| VIC | Richmond Diagnostic Imaging | 89 Bridge Rd RICHMOND VIC 3121 |
| VIC | Barwon Health The Geelong Hospital Radiology Department | 272-322 Ryrie St GEELONG VIC 3220 |
| VIC | The Royal Children's Hospital | RCH Executive Level 4 West Bld 50 Flemington Road PARKVILLE VIC 3052 |
| VIC | Cabrini Medical Imaging | Ground Floor Medical Centre 2 183 Wattletree Rd MALVERN VIC 3144 |
| VIC | Alfred Health Radiology and Nuclear Medicine | Level 1 Alfred Centre Commercial Rd PRAHRAN VIC 3181 |
| VIC | Melbourne Health (Radiology) The Royal Melbourne Hospital | 1 Grattan St CARLTON VIC 3053 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - East Ringwood Radiology | 110 Mount Dandenong Rd RINGWOOD EAST VIC 3135 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - Box Hill Radiology - Epworth Eastern Hospital | Cnr Nelson Rd and Arnold St BOX HILL VIC 3128 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - Glen Waverley Radiology | 262-264 Springvale Rd GLEN WAVERLEY VIC 3150 |
| VIC | Pauline Gandel Imaging Centre Royal Women's Hospital | Level 1 20 Flemington Rd PARKVILLE VIC 3052 |
| VIC | Capital Radiology - Niddrie | 1 Treadwell Rd NIDDRIE VIC 3041 |
| VIC | Capital Radiology - Western Private Hospital | 9 Marion St FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 |
| VIC | Capital Radiology - Dandenong | 54-56 Princes Highway DANDENONG VIC 3175 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - Epping Radiology - Epping Medical and Specialist Centre | SE Ground Floor, 230 Cooper St EPPING VIC 3076 |
| VIC | Melbourne Radiology Clinic | Ground Floor Suites 3-6 100 Victoria Pde EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 |
| VIC | Marina Diagnostic Group | Ground Floor, 93 Wells Road CHELSEA HEIGHTS VIC 3196 |
| VIC | MIA Victoria - Moorabbin Radiology | 758-760 Centre Rd EAST BENTLEIGH VIC 3165 |
| VIC | Imaging @ Olympic Park | 60 Olympic Boulevard (1 of 2 units) AAMI Park MELBOURNE VIC 3004 |
| VIC | Imaging @ Olympic Park | 60 Olympic Boulevard (2 of 2 units) AAMI Park MELBOURNE VIC 3004 |
| VIC | Future Medical Imaging Group | Ground Floor 109 Burwood Road (cnr Power St) HAWTHORN VIC 3122 |
| VIC | Care Medical Imaging Pty Ltd trading as Diagnosticare Pty Ltd | Suite 46, Level 1 235 Milleara Road KEILOR EAST VIC 3033 |
| VIC | MDI Radiology Clayton | Monash House 1/271 Clayton Road CLAYTON VIC 3168 |
| WA | Perth Radiological Clinic | Cnr Leach Hwy and Norma Road BOORAGOON WA 6154 |
| WA | Perth Radiological Clinic | Victoria St Radiology Ground Floor, 21-23 Victoria St MIDLAND WA 6056 |
| WA | SKG Radiology MAGA Pty Ltd | St John of God Hospital 12 Salvado Rd SUBIACO WA 6008 |
| WA | Royal Perth Hospital Radiology Dept | Level 3 North Block Wellington Street PERTH WA 6000 |
| WA | Perth Radiological Clinic | 127 Hammersley Rd SUBIACO WA 6008 |
| WA | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Radiology Department | Ground Floor G Block Hospital Avenue NEDLAND S WA 6009 |
| WA | Insight Clinical Imaging Midland | 2/ 3-7 The Crescent MIDLAND WA 6056 |
| WA | Oceanic Medical Imaging Palmyra | 3/279 Canning Hwy PALMYRA WA 6157 |
| WA | Envision Medical Imaging | Suite 5, 178 Cambridge Street WEMBLEY WA 6014 |
| WA | Insight Clinical Imaging Joondalup | Unit 3/7 Wise St JOONDALUP WA 6027 |
| WA | Perth Radiological Clinic | 57 Shenton Avenue JOONDALUP WA 6027 |
| WA | SKG Radiology | 1 Hobson Gate CURRAMBINE WA 6028 |
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