More children in care sent out of Wigan – but bosses say situation will be better within six months

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click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyWigan News'.The director of children's services said: "Certainly within six months I would anticipate we would start to see some significant changes."She added: "We house more of our looked after children within Wigan than other Greater Manchester authorities do."So whilst where we're not where we want to be, we know that we fare pretty well, but our ambition of course is to be better than pretty well."The council boss also warned that there is likely to be some 'hidden harm' to children which is currently going undetected due to a reduction in referrals.She said: "When children went back to school in September, nationally it was anticipated there would be a huge surge in referrals.