What’s GPAC-N?
GPAC-N (General Practice Aged Care Network) is a national mobile GP network transforming how healthcare is delivered in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs). It empowers General Practitioners to operate as independent micro-practices while being fully supported by a central service organisation that manages billing, compliance, admin, IT, and clinical governance.
Our innovative model restores GP autonomy, improves aged care outcomes, and enables sustainable, patient-focused care.
Our values
1. Empowerment
We champion GP autonomy and capability.
GPAC-N exists to give doctors the tools, freedom, and support to deliver exceptional aged care on their own terms. We believe empowered clinicians provide the best care.
2. Respect
We honour the dignity of patients, practitioners, and partners.
We treat every individual—whether a resident, GP, nurse, or RACF staff member—with compassion, professionalism, and cultural sensitivity.
3. Trust
We build confidence through transparency and reliability.
Our model is built on clear communication, clinical accountability, and mutual trust between GPs, facilities, families, and our support team.
4. Resolute
We are unwavering in our commitment to better aged care.
We confront challenges with clarity and persistence, continually striving to improve the systems that support vulnerable people and the GPs who care for them.
Our Why
Deep within every culture, across race, creed, and faith, is a shared truth: we are called to honour our elders. It is more than tradition. It is a marker of a civilised, compassionate society. Yet in modern healthcare systems, particularly aged care, this sacred duty has often been lost to bureaucracy, burnout, and disconnection.
GPAC-N exists to reclaim that call.
We believe aged care deserves better, and so do the doctors who serve within it. That is why we are building something different. A national network that empowers GPs to care for older Australians with time, dignity, and clinical freedom.
By supporting independent GPs through a fully backed mobile model, we are restoring autonomy to clinicians and humanity to care. We are ensuring our elders are seen, respected, and nurtured in their later years.
Because honouring our elders is not optional. It is essential.
How We’re Different
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We support GP-owned solo mobile practices by providing a compressive support infrastructure, team and resources.
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You retain 100% of your MBS/DVA billings. We don’t invoice you this. We capture funding through incentive payments that come from your work in aged care.
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Central compliance and billing hub ensures you focus on patients, not paperwork.
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Rely on other GPs in the next week to handle rotation of on call when you are on leave. And structured handling of your GPACI requirements and patient chronic care.
With changing technology, shifting workforce expectations, and an ageing population, the traditional model of general practice no longer meets the needs of today’s society—or today’s GPs. At GPAC-N, we embrace a new way of working that values flexibility, autonomy, and meaningful connection. Our mobile, supported model allows GPs to step outside the four walls of a clinic and deliver high-quality care where it’s needed most, without the burden of running a practice alone. It’s time to rethink how—and where—we work.
Meet the Founders
Matt Mercer
MBA, MPM, BSocSci, CPM
Matt is a Certified Practice Manager with experience in general practice, business and management. He is the director of Silky Oaks Medical Practice and has been involved in a range of other practices, including Allied Health and a GPRC. Before his time in primary care, Matt worked in international development and community services. He is also the founder of MyDocPay, a healthcare fintech improving patient access and funding. Matt serves as an AGPAL co-surveyor. And he has advised on national primary care reform advisory groups and currently serves on AAPM’s Digital Health Community of Practice Working Group, bringing a practical, systems-focused approach to sustainable practice management.
Dr Ash is a compassionate and globally trained GP with a strong focus on aged care, rehabilitation, and musculoskeletal health. Originally trained as an orthopaedic surgeon in India, Singapore, and the UK, he later transitioned into general practice and moved to Australia in 2016. Since then, he has become a Fellow of the RACGP and now cares for residents across 13 aged care facilities. Dr Kirpalani combines his surgical and geriatric expertise with a warm, patient-centred approach. He is also active in research and teaching and enjoys travel and building meaningful connections with patients and families.
Dr Ash Kirpalani
FRACGP, MRCGP(UK), MS Ortho, MBBS