EHIC card after Brexit: GHIC to replace European health card for UK residents - who is eligible and how to apply

Now that Britain has officially left the EU, old EHIC cards - which provided limited medical cover abroad - will be phased out.

Your EHIC will be valid until the date listed on the card.

The European Health Insurance Cards allowed travellers in the EU - as well as some other countries like Norway, Iceland and Switzerland - to receive limited public health care for free, at a reduced fee or at the same price as residents of the country the traveller was in.

Though travel abroad is off for the moment thanks to the ongoing pandemic, some are wondering what to do with their old EHIC cards - and what scheme will come in to replace the cards.