Deja vu
To throw in a pop culture reference, “All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again.” (from Battlestar Galactica, arguably one of the better shows on TV today).
People in busy environments will bypass any obstacles. well meaning or otherwise put in their way. Due to the poor design of the software in use, login times can take quite long and when you consider that you are supposed to log out & back in whenever you step away from the computer, you end up spending a considerable proportion of the working day just waiting for the system to let you do your work.
In practice shared logins are a fact of life in most hospitals and South Warwickshire has done the sensible thing in ignoring the asinine policies recommended by CfH. This is however hardly a great advertisement for the security & performance of the system. Add to this the toothlessness of the Caldicott Guardian & you have a recipe for massive abuse.
At what point does repeating “I told you so” become embarrassing? (Ref Launch of the Care Record Guarantee in London. 2005 & numerous times prior and since.) Are you guys listening, Richard Granger et al?