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My (completely non-expert, only speaking from my own personal previous medical history and experience) advice: Get a plate ASAP. Dont wait. Go private if you have to.
If the ends of your broken bone pieces start to heal up and they're not together, will they be ever able to knit back together? I dont know much about bone fusion but presumably the bone tissue grows back around the end of a break if its not connected to the other bit?
Someone mentioned a figure of £1300 or so above. I earn £17k a year and money is tight but I'd still pay that much, in fact I'd consider that reasonable to get it done now, not to 'wait and see' and subsequently have pain in my collarbone for the rest of my life. Just dont drink or eat out or buy stupid shit for a year.