Emmet Regan

  • Clarity will be crucial to reform

    15 January 2024

    As 2024 begins, Emmet Regan sets out a framework for any incoming government to consider when mapping out their plans for public service reform.


  • Where is our vision for public services?

    30 May 2023

    Our public services deserve to be prioritised in the national debate, says Emmet Regan, but right now there is no clear vision for the future emerging.


  • Care Review – from poetry to prose

    10 October 2022

    The Care Review has provided a once-in-a-generation chance to make system-wide change and we must take that opportunity, says Emmet Regan.


  • Rebuilding Ukraine

    12 April 2022

    Emmet Regan looks at how Ukraine could be rebuilt, with the UK leading the way in post-war reconstruction and transformation, to offer a renewed sense of hope.


  • Learning from others

    09 March 2021

    In a series of articles over the coming months, Emmet Regan will look at what public leaders can learn from other sectors and industries. Here, the issues of physical and mental wellbeing are to the fore.


  • Crossing the divide

    10 December 2019

    Here Emmet Regan and Michael Wyatt set out a balanced methodology for considering the transition from children’s social care to adult social care that takes as wide a view as possible.


  • Striking the right balance

    28 May 2019

    Emmet Regan explores how leaders must take a balanced approach to solve complex public service problems and improve outcomes.


  • Are you brave enough to cede control?

    13 March 2018

    Emmet Regan argues that public bodies need to give up individual organisational control to ensure greater collective responsibility over the services they provide within the wider public service system.


  • Integrating Whitehall: the case for a Department for Public Sector Reform

    23 October 2017

    Emmet Regan argues that if we are to achieve on a coordinated approach to complex public service issues, integration must happen within Whitehall, too.