A Ministry of Health review has recommended removing the requirement for a dedicated managed isolation and quarantine facility (MIQF) health workforce and allow MIQF workers to work in other health settings without restriction.
The new policy will allow non-MIQF healthcare workers to fill MIQF health workforce gaps and correspondingly, MIQF healthcare workers to work in non-MIQF settings where and when as required, to support management of the current community outbreak.
This change in policy will take effect from Thursday 21 October 2021. The amended policy reflects the public health risk profile of MIQF healthcare workers while improving the flexibility of the MIQF health workforce to support (and be supported by) the wider health system