Key Dates
- 1961 renamed the National Childbirth Trust, given charitable status. Begins publishing leaflets.
- 1967 Breastfeeding Promotion Group and Teachers' Panel formed, setting training standards and services. NCT lobbies Government to research techniques thoroughly and end the overuse of interventions.
- 1980 Postnatal Committee set up, leading to Parentability (support group for disabled parents) and other support groups.
- 1989 NCT becomes a Company Limited by Guarantee
- 1991 NCT gives evidence to Winterton Committee based on its own research
- 1994 Report of the Expert Maternity Group, on which Eileen Hutton, NCT's then President, was a member, is adopted as Government policy for England and Wales
- 1995 NCT Publishing established
- 1997 Antenatal teacher training was now validated by the University of Luton
- 1999 Parentability becomes an independent organisation, the Disabled Parents Network.
- 2001 National Breastfeeding Line and NCT website nctpregnancyandbabycare.com launched
- 2005 NCT website revised and updated to nct.org.uk
- 2008 NCT launches a new logo and website
- 2008 NCT changes class bookings system from volunteer- to employee-run service - other volunteer-run services remain unchanged
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