In a November 2007 article for the "Daily Mirror", television critic Jim Shelley described Donna as a "nymphomaniac", though qualified his comment with the addendum "to be fair, sex addiction is a job requirement in "Holby"." His "Mirror" colleague Simon branded Donna supremely unsubtle in her pursuit of Michael, deeming her "unsinkable", and in a later piece for "The Guardian", Shelley commented on Donna's proclivity for sleeping with senior staff members at inopportune moments, to the detriment of patient care. She was dubbed "man crazy" by Tina Miles of the "Liverpool Echo", and "shameless" by the "Mirror" Clare Raymond, who noted that she would "stop at nothing to snare a rich doctor".