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Traditional understandings of triage are based on a static \u2018pile sorting\u2019 logic, which suggests that triage outcomes depend upon a single decision in time and space. With the introduction of remote, asynchronous and distributed decision\u2010making, triage needs a more dynamic conceptualisation. Drawing on a team ethnography in three GP practices in England, we develop the concept of triage choreography to explore the (often hidden) work involved in achieving the flow of patient requests through triage systems. We ask who participates in this work, who might be excluded and the consequences for triage outcomes. Our findings extend the literature on digital in\/exclusion in primary care, providing a critical analysis of \u2018flow\u2019 in digitally enabled triage and what it means for patients. We show how, as patient requests enter digital systems, triaging work becomes distributed, often in uneven ways. 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