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I had a plate installed in France, didn't work out the best...
If you can get it pinned, which sounds like option 3 above, that is the best. In the UK, it is very rare that they operate on broken collar bones, most likely they will put you in a sling and send you packing. May sound like the least appealing option, but it's the quickest recovery option and the way it will heal strongest.
I've said this to a couple of people lately that have been getting injured, be thankful it's now. When I broke mine it was a day before summer began last year and I was sat on my sofa for 7 weeks of it. Actually started riding again pre-maturely, did a fixed tour through France after having a scan and a registrar telling me it was healed, when I came back and saw the consultant he said it was nowhere near healed...
Had the bent plate removed after 10 months, left part of a screw in there they couldn't find, I get shooting pains through the bone often but hoping this will pass as I work on strengthening and stretching, which is still a work in progress a year and a half later....
From my experience I would say, if possible, only speak to the consultant/doctor in charge. I spoke to 2 consultants (first was not well clued up) and 4 registrars. Each of the registrars told me different things, which when I spoke to their consultant he said were all wrong, pretty scary really the level of ignorance of some young doctors.