Sara Jane Hurley (née Skinner; born 1966) is the Chief Dental Officer (England).
Hurley qualified from the University of Bristol Dental School in 1988 with a BDS.
She went on to work at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, and was appointed Chief Dental Officer for the Army.
[2] In 2020, Hurley issued instructions to suspend and resume primary care dentistry in England during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[3][4] As the Chief Dental Officer for England, Hurley has provided updates to dental teams regarding NHS contractual changes, which include the implementation of a minimum indicative UDA value of £23, updates to support enhanced UDAs for higher needs patients, and personalization of recall intervals.