The phrase "a poor standard" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that does not meet an acceptable level of quality or performance.
Example: "The report was criticized for its lack of detail and clarity, ultimately reflecting a poor standard of work."
Alternatives: "an inadequate level" or "a subpar quality".
"That is a poor standard of care".
I just think there's such a poor standard in rock'n'roll.
The NHS regulator has been forced to apologise after it wrongly labelled 60 GP practices as being at risk of offering patients a poor standard of care.
Shortly after the bandings were published in November last year, the CQC was forced to apologise after it wrongly labelled 60 GP practices as being at risk of offering patients a poor standard of care.
It found that, when social workers had responsibility for the books, they were either not done or done to a poor standard – presumably as a result of social workers having too many other duties to fulfil.
If contemporary plays were of a poor standard, the deficiency was partly hidden by flamboyant productions and bravura performances by star actors, many of whom managed their own companies.
Almost half of doctors (46 per cent) and a third of nurses (37 per cent) admit that people with learning disabilities receive a poorer standard of healthcare than the rest of the population, a survey for the charity Mencap found.
We have highlighted where NHS services have failed to meet the needs of patients with a learning disability and how a lack of basic training for staff leads to delays in diagnosis and treatment, a poorer standard of care, and avoidable deaths.
Forest's season has lurched from farce, a flicker of hope and ultimately a disgustingly poor standard of performance.
An HMRC spokesman said: "This report criticises a previous poor standard of service from which HMRC has already recovered.
