Mirrors my own experience. The NHS waiting times are out of control, quoted a 10 week wait for a heart scan, when I asked why I was told that it was 'staff shortages'. The scan was done a couple of weeks ago, only one of the two available scanners was in use due to, you guessed it, staff shortages.
Some weeks ago I needed an urgent GP appointment on a Monday, telephone waiting times were approaching 1 hour. Mrs AFC drove me to the surgery as it would be much quicker, and to be fair, I was squeezed in to see a nurse who told me I needed to see a doctor but that was not possible as none were actually in the surgery that day (a 6 doctor practice). Best she could do was to arrange a telephone consultation the following morning, in this case with a locum who was clearly 'working from home'. The locum had no idea of my recent history so virtually the whole of our allotted time was spent explaining the issues, his only bit of practical advice was to call back if it happened again.
Similarly, dealing with local authorities regarding our home purchase, pretty much everything is taking way longer than usual. I know that searches cab take some time, currently 2-3 times as long as normal, also taking two and a half weeks to forward an electronic copy of a file that they already have on their computer, ridiculous.
These are recent events in the las month or so, but this is now the 'new normal'.