The phrase "deserves concern" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that something is serious and requires attention. For example, "The increasing number of homeless children in the city deserves our concern."
Andre Johnson (HOU) vs. St . Louis— The recent struggles of Matt (Pick 6) Schaub deserve concern, but Johnson has nowhere to go but up after his disappointing 39-yard performance last weekend against the 49ers.
The move prompted deserved concern that the duo's long summer of touring might pose challenges.
It's your colleagues of a certain age (and beyond) who deserve your concern.
Don't they deserve some concern?" Navajo advocates, scientists and politicians are asking the same question.
Did they not deserve equal concern?" Unity boldly stalked Hitler, loitering at his favorite osteria in Munich.
As American health care professionals who often use the example of the NHS to advocate for a fairer and better system in the US, we have recognised recent developments in England that are deserving of concern.
Jolie helps us to feel good about ourselves for caring about things that actually do deserve our concern, but which are at risk of seeming so miserable and intractable that we would otherwise simply tune out.
The children of Northern Uganda deserve your concern, energy and money.
It structures our identity by separating those who deserve our concern from alien 'others' beyond the pale of our community".
No, the most important people are the ones who will benefit from the funds -- and who also will benefit from any legislation which recognizes "that while the common good embraces all, those who are weak, vulnerable, and most in need deserve preferential concern," in the words of the U.S. Catholic bishops.
