For employers
Your South Asian employees are your highest-risk, least-served workforce cohort.
Your wellbeing budget, your EAP, and your menopause policy are not reaching them. KHUSH is built to close that gap, with evidence, expert delivery, and measurable outcomes.
The problem
What your current provision is missing
One in five UK employees is already carrying a lifestyle-related chronic condition: heart disease, diabetes, or hypertension. For your South Asian employees that risk is not evenly distributed. It is concentrated, earlier-onset, and invisible to standard occupational health screening.
Your South Asian male employees
South Asian men carry twice the coronary heart disease risk of White European colleagues (British Heart Foundation, 2024), and it arrives around 10 years earlier: a man in his mid-40s carrying the cardiovascular risk of a White British man in his mid-50s. A cardiovascular event costs a median of 119 working days in absence, before backfill or lost knowledge. For South Asian men with Type 2 diabetes, heart disease mortality is three times higher. Insulin resistance also suppresses testosterone; deficiency affects around 20% of men under 50 and shows up in your performance data as unexplained underperformance.
Your South Asian female employees
South Asian women reach menopause 4 to 5 years earlier than White British women, typically mid-40s rather than early 50s. Your menopause policy is calibrated to the wrong timeline. Around 52% of British South Asian women have polycystic ovaries, compared with 22% of white women in UK community studies. PCOS drives insulin resistance, fatigue, hormonal disruption, and metabolic risk across the whole working life, from early career through to the menopause transition.
The shared driver
These conditions are not separate problems. Insulin resistance is the single upstream mechanism connecting PCOS, testosterone suppression, early menopause, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and much of the mental health burden in South Asian employees. Standard health provision treats them as isolated conditions. KHUSH addresses the engine.
Why the gap exists
Why your existing provision isn't working
The problem is not the intention. It is the calibration. Your EAP depends on disclosure, and only 29.5% of EAP calls across the UK workforce come from men; for South Asian men, cultural frameworks around strength and reputation reduce that further. Your menopause policy is timed to a White British norm. Your BMI risk thresholds are set at 25, not the 23 at which South Asian adults carry equivalent metabolic risk (NICE and WHO guidance).
This is not a criticism of your provision. It is a structural gap. And it has a cost.
What KHUSH delivers
A structured, expert-delivered, independently assessed programme
Employee Awareness Sessions
Online £3,500 · In-person £4,000
A 90-minute session delivered by a panel of 3 to 4 specialists: typically a primary care or preventative medicine physician, an occupational medicine physician, a mental health practitioner, and a women's and men's health expert. Covers the shared mechanism, what employees can do, and what to ask their GP.
Manager and HR Workshop
Online £4,500 · In-person £5,500
A half-day training for line managers and HR teams: how to recognise symptoms, how to have the conversation, what reasonable adjustments are appropriate, and how to document action for GEAP compliance. Builds manager confidence and reduces legal exposure.
GEAP Audit
£4,500
A structured assessment of your position on gender equality and workforce health by ethnicity, aligned to Employment Rights Act 2025 requirements. Produces a compliance report with recommendations, an action plan, and scoring: GEAP-ready documentation for Spring 2027.
Policy Review
£3,500
Expert review of your existing health policies (menopause, EAP, occupational health referral, flexible working, mental health) scored against South Asian adequacy criteria. Gap analysis and actionable recommendations. Standalone or included in an annual programme.
Annual programmes
Foundation
From £8,500 / year
- 2 awareness sessions (online)
- Policy review included
- Annual reporting pack
- Foundation accreditation badge
- Standard AppyYaar listing
Partnership
Proposal on request
- 4 awareness sessions (mixed delivery)
- Manager workshop and GEAP audit included
- Quarterly reporting
- Partnership accreditation badge
- Enhanced AppyYaar profile
Embedded
Tailored — get in touch
- Bespoke awareness sessions
- Policy co-development
- Bespoke ESG-aligned reporting
- Embedded accreditation and featured employer status
- Leadership briefing and annual clinical lead access
KHUSH accreditation
Completing a KHUSH programme earns the KHUSH Accreditation badge, awarded by HHEI CIC: an independent community interest company that holds KHUSH's delivery standard and has no commercial interest in the outcome of its own assessment. It is evidence of action for GEAP reporting, ESG disclosure, and board governance; a talent signal, because KHUSH-accredited employers are listed on Appy + Yaar where South Asian professionals look for employers who have made this commitment; and a legal buffer of documented, independent evidence. Accreditation is renewed annually.
Learn more about HHEI CICHow to engage
Start with a scoping call
We identify your workforce profile, your current provision gaps, and the programme level that makes sense for your organisation. Most organisations start with either a standalone awareness session or the Foundation annual programme: both generate the data and the reporting pack you need to make the internal case for continued investment.
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KHUSH is delivered by HHEI CIC, a Community Interest Company registered in England and Wales. Pricing correct as of July 2026. VAT not included where applicable. HHEI operates under licence from HHH Ltd.