[1] The family moved to India when Briance was still young, though she returned to England for her secondary education, joining the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War.

[3] The organisation ran classes for parents based on research from gynaecologist Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, on reducing pain of childbirth in a less medicated manner, with the women leading on decisions in their care.

[3] Dick-Read and Briance had left but the organisation grew steadily over the years to 8,000 members in the 1970s[6] and by the 1980s, 240 local and regional branches, most including both parents in classes about anatomy and physiology, pain control and a partner's role in care.

[10] Since that period, NCT have continued to influence popular and professional books on maternity care[11] from the work in educating parents-to-be and obstetrics service staff, following the examples of Dick-Read and Briance.

[7] NCT also responded formally to the Government report: Midwifery 2020, still echoing Briance's call for health care services to 'make having a baby a more community-focused, personal and positive experience.