A CELEBRITY rehab boss now faces an anxious wait over his career after a tribunal considering his place in the nursing profession has been postponed for the second time.
Brendan Quinn, 37, who is accused of failing to ensure the safety of vulnerable patients at The Causeway Retreat, on Osea Island, must now wait until summer to have his hearing completed, despite sitting for almost 30 days before the Midwifery Council.
The psychiatric nurse, whose clients included Amy Winehouse and Mark Owen, is alleged to have falsely claimed he was a doctor and allowed mentally ill patients to be admitted to the Maldon retreat when the centre was not able to provide proper care.
The panel has so far heard from a number of witnesses including former staff and patients.
Nurse Jane Denet described how Quinn had discharged a patient midway through treatment for 'personal reasons'.
"It went against everything I believed as a nurse," she said.
"Even now it makes me quite tearful that the client was treated so badly and I was a part of it.
"I was upset by the reason he was being asked to leave, the fact that it was personal."
It is claimed Mr Quinn also continued to provide services from the centre even though it was refused registration as a care home, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard.
But after sitting for a total of 27 days during November last year and March and April this year, the hearing was adjourned until August 5.
Mr Quinn, from Lewes, was the manager of Twenty 7 Management, the company in charge of running the £10,000-a-week retreat on Osea Island.
He was one of the founders of the clinic, which was shut down in 2010 after an investigation.
Many celebrity guests stayed at the island retreat which can only be accessed via boat or helicopter.
Mr Quinn, who has attended the central London hearing, denies all the allegations.
