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Digga,
I've found exactly the same. very little Advice or care given from when I did mine over 2 weeks ago, all the information I've got has been from my own research and talking to friend who have had similar experiences.
stage 3 is never 'fixing itself' and the risk of carrying on, as I (unkowingly in my case did) and then having an even more complex collar bone break are obvious.
mine was a 3er... stupidly the first doc didn't pick up on it and when i did finally approach a specialist he said it was too late to operate as the bones and ligaments had started to fix themselves. i ended up sitting it out for a few months and waiting. fortunately i've no ill side affects and have full movement in my shoulder and can happily carry 25kg with that arm.
supposedly, according to the doc, they don't always operate nowadays, anyway. this is in Germany, the UK medical approach may differ.
These are the translated version of my (French) medical notes. The last line always makes me s****.
The radiological shows the fracture as previously described, and a disjunction acromo-clavicular state III of Rockwood.
We decided to operate in semi-emergency
Circumstance forced them use a very Heath-Robinson mix of plating (with screws) the collar bone, and some sort of guy wire and pin contraption to tie the collarbone onto the shoulder whilst the surgical tape and ligaments strengthened. This mean 3 months where I could not raise my arm above shoulder level, lest the ends of the pins (they were like wire tent pegs) would snap off, rendering them a permanent fixture.
I am firmly of the belief early surgery is better, but it sounds as though in Germany, as well as the UK, the health service try to defer it. This baffles me because a.) ligaments can't heal themselves and b.) the cost of later surgery is higher. I guess they rely on attrition.