The Brexit vote raises a whole host of questions, only some of which are possible to answer now.

For starters, many people are asking what will happen to important items we use when travelling in the EU .

These include our European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC), which millions of us use when travelling on the continent.

An up-to-date EHIC means you are entitled to the same level of health care as a resident of the European country you are visiting. It’s not a cover-all replacement for travel insurance should something go wrong, but it certainly helps.

Thanks to the EU, British people are entitled to a free EHIC, which replaced the old E111 cards. This gives us the right to access healthcare for free when visiting other European countries.

Remain campaigners said that following a leave vote, Brits could lose access to this vital service. The only way to get care in Europe would be to take out costly private insurance.

But those on the leave side pointed to Switzerland and Iceland as just two examples of countries outside the EU that use the EHIC scheme.

They claimed it was scaremongering to claim British holidaymakers would lose access to European healthcare after a Leave vote.

It is in the EU’s interest to continue the arrangement as the UK has given £5.8bn more to EU countries for medical costs than we’ve got back, they say.

Before joining the EEC, the UK had reciprocal health agreements with many European nations and still maintains bilateral deals with 16 countries, including Australia and New Zealand.

It is likely that a similar range of deals would be concluded with some or all EU members. If they are not, then the need for travel insurance will increase – and premiums could rise.

Passports and driving licences

Though UK passports and driving licences are 'EU-branded', we will not need to get new ones – yet.

You have the European Union to thank for your driving licence's design. Their format was agreed in order to standardise and replace the 110 different plastic and paper driving licences of the 300 million drivers in the European Economic Area.

If you are a British citizen, the first two words on your passport's front cover are 'European Union'.

Britons used to have a simpler passport with a dark blue cover, but it was replaced by the EU's preferred burgundy coloured format in late 1988.

For the time being, new UK driving licences will continue to show the EU symbol and British passports will bear words 'European Union' on the cover.

But within a few years, when you renew either your passport or driving licence, the design will change.