Mitch Winehouse spent the weekend in “crisis” talks with his daughter. She was admitted to hospital last Wednesday after taking a cocktail of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and the horse tran-quilliser ketamine.

Mr Winehouse, a former taxi driver, said: “Amy’s going to be fine. We know she’s been through a terrible ordeal and is on the mend. We have been encouraged, after the initial scare, that she is getting better and is going to be all right”.

The singer, 23, was taken to University College Hospital, London, by her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, and a friend. She was released later that day, and spent the weekend in the Four Seasons Hotel in Hook, Hampshire, with her family and friends.

It was there that she discussed her health with her father. “When I get self-destructive I just need to spend time with dad. Rehab is a cop-out”, she said.

But despite their close relationship, fellow residents at the Four Seasons Hotel reported a furious exchange between father and daughter. A witness said: “They were talking and then all of a sudden it got really heated and Mitch went mad. He just couldn’t take it any more. He told her she’s ruining everything – her career and more importantly her life”.

“He told her to look at what she was doing to her friends and family. It got to the point where they were screaming at each other. Amy told him to butt out, claiming to know what she was doing. Then at the end, Amy just pushed him out of the way. She kept shouting ‘no’ and ‘stop it’, running back to her suite in floods of tears”.

Winehouse spoke last week of her most recent ordeal, claiming her brief stay in hospital had helped her realise the harm she was doing to herself. “I never want to feel that way again. It was just crazy – one of the most terrifying moments of my life”, she said. “I’ve scared myself this time. I know things have got to change. I have to sort myself out”.